Kentucky Program Led the Way in Helping Low-Income Adults Get Higher Education, but Barriers Growing
Kentucky adopted innovative policies beginning in the late 1990s to help low-income adults attend community college while receiving the supports...
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Budget Cuts Stack Up: Kentucky Faces the Eighth Largest Decrease in Federal Grants Among States
Kentucky will receive $162 million less in federal grant funding in 2013 than it did in 2012, according to a new brief by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI). The report...
Kentuckians Face Challenges in Accessing the GED in 2014
Kentucky adults without a high school diploma will find it more difficult to earn a GED (General Education Development test credential) beginning in January 2014. Due to upcoming changes in...
Kentucky’s 2013 Revenue Growth Lower than Many Other States
While current trends suggest that Kentucky's General Fund revenue may exceed the official forecast for the year ending June 30, the state's revenue growth is less than what other states...
Underfunding Also Led to Shortfall in Local Government Pensions
The pension system for Kentucky local government employees has a shortfall even though local governments have been required to make their annual payments each year. Some are using this fact...
A Tax Shift Is Not Tax Reform
A key question in Frankfort is whether state leaders will enact tax reform between now and the end of the 2014 legislative session. But a challenge is the question posed...
Proposed Cuts to Medicare and Social Security Would Drive More Seniors into Financial Hardship
Nearly half of elderly Kentuckians are economically insecure—meaning they either live in or are at risk of falling into poverty—according to a new study from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI)....
Need for Health Care Workers Is an Economic Opportunity
Because the expansion of Medicaid and creation of a state health insurance exchange will provide health coverage to several hundred thousand people, Kentucky will have workforce needs associated with meeting...
Implementing Health Reform Will Promote Entrepreneurship in Kentucky
Another reason that Medicaid expansion and the rest of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is good for Kentucky’s economy is that it will help support the entrepreneurs and small businesses...
Pathway to Citizenship for Immigrants Would Be Good for Kentucky’s Economy
Last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved a comprehensive immigration reform bill that would increase border security, regulate future immigration flows, and formally extend the American dream to the 11...