Time to Put End to Wrong-Headed Pension Bill
The pension bill stumbled in the Kentucky Senate last week and was sent back to committee. It's the latest in...
Op-Ed
Jobs Myth at Root of Policies Harming Unemployed
A number of state policies are now in play that would cut off access to financial assistance for Kentuckians who are unemployed and struggling to get by. All of a...
The Roots of a Terrible Budget
The governor's budget proposes the deepest cuts to K-12 education Kentucky has seen, delivers another hit to services that have been cut repeatedly since 2008 and completely eliminates funding for...
Two Steps to a Better Budget this Session
State lawmakers and the governor are giving dire warnings of what's coming in the next two-year state budget. In recent press reports, they have called the budget "brutal," with officials...
Kentuckians Can’t Live in a House of Cards
by Adrienne Bush, director, Housing and Homeless Coalition of Kentucky Remember building a house of cards when you were a kid? The more weight you added, the likelier it was...
Kentucky Groups Reject Senate Tax Plan
To Kentucky’s Congressional Delegation, We, the undersigned organizations representing charitable and nonprofit organizations in Kentucky, write to express our deep concern about the new tax cut bill unveiled by House...
Exaggerated Pension Panic Fueling Harmful Bill
Kentucky needs a smart and measured plan to pay down our pension liabilities over time and improve our financial condition. But the bill released last week would cause unneeded harm...
Federal Tax Reform Plans Will Help the Wealthy, Lead to Program Cuts and Deepen Poverty
On the heels of repeated failed attempts to pay for huge tax cuts for the wealthy by cutting health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income Kentuckians and millions of...
Cassidy-Graham is the Greatest Threat to Kentucky’s Coverage Yet
The latest attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is known as Cassidy-Graham, and it very well may be the greatest threat to Kentucky’s health care we’ve seen. The...
Pension Session Without New Revenues Won’t Fix Problem
In January, Gov. Bevin announced he would call a special session this year on pensions and tax reform. At the time, he said the issues must go together and rightly...