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The Benefits of Expanded Pre-School

In its final days of negotiating a new budget, a sticking point between the House and the Senate is whether...

Jason Bailey | March 28, 2012

Legislation Requiring Government-Issued ID Could Deny Public Benefits to Eligible Recipients

Senate Bill 118, which passed the Senate yesterday, would require applicants for all public benefits to provide proof of lawful presence in the United States. While the bill’s proponents say...

Ashley Spalding | March 20, 2012

Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform Launches Website

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Tax Reform launched a website this week to provide information about the commission process and ways for everyday Kentuckians to get involved. The commission has...

Ashley Spalding | March 8, 2012

A Decade of Erosion in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance in Kentucky

According to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), 200,000 fewer non-elderly Kentuckians had health insurance through an employer in 2010 than in 2000. The report finds that...

Ashley Spalding | February 28, 2012

Tax Expenditures Big Cause of Budget Problems, but Some Legislators Want More

There are three main reasons that the budget the legislature is now considering includes so many cuts. First, the economy is still struggling. Second, federal recovery-related financial assistance to the...

Jason Bailey | February 24, 2012

Faster Job Growth is Encouraging, but Kentucky Still Has Long Way to Go

Job growth in Kentucky picked up in the last three months of 2011, as the state added 15,800 jobs. At the depths of the recession, Kentucky had lost 117,700 jobs....

Jason Bailey | February 17, 2012

Budget Would Further Reduce College Affordability

The barriers to affordable higher education--especially for low-income Kentuckians--will continue to grow under a budget that cuts funding to postsecondary institutions and limits need-based financial aid. Budget Would Further Reduce...

Jason Bailey | January 25, 2012

Inadequate Tax System Has Big Role in Austere Budget

While the still-weak economy and the end of federal recovery-related assistance are important factors in the tight budget now being considered in Frankfort, long-term structural problems with Kentucky’s tax system...

Jason Bailey | January 24, 2012

State Releases More Pessimistic Revenue Forecast

The official body that approves state revenue estimates released a preliminary forecast today that projects nearly $500 million less in General Fund revenue for the upcoming two-year budget than the...

Jason Bailey | October 14, 2011

Op-Ed: Kentucky Must Invest, Reform Tax Code to Progress

Published in the Lexington Herald-Leader. Lawmakers left Frankfort last week without agreement on closing the hole in this year’s Medicaid budget, and are convening this week to give it another...

Jason Bailey | March 18, 2011

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