Budget’s Good News Not Enough for What Ails Kentucky
For a person who is chronically ill, a day of less pain provides welcome comfort but no promise of returning...
Op-Ed
Principles Must Guide Details of Tax Reform Proposal
Gov. Steve Beshear announced in his State of the Commonwealth address that he will propose a specific tax reform plan to the General Assembly in the coming weeks. His leadership...
Kentucky Workers Face Eroding Wages and Too Few Jobs
On Labor Day many Kentuckians pause from their daily responsibilities to celebrate the contributions workers make to our state and our nation. But today also gives cause to reflect on...
Cuts to Snap Would Hurt Kentucky
House Republican leaders are calling for even deeper cuts to nutritional assistance for low-income adults and kids after the cuts they considered last month didn’t go far enough for some...
Expanding Medicaid Means Improved Health and Quality of Life for Many Kentuckians
Expanding Medicaid through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2014 is a key opportunity to improve the health and wellbeing of Kentuckians across the state, and Governor Beshear should be...
Five Big Problems Stand in Way of Adequate State Budget
Cuts now being made to child care that will leave thousands of working parents facing painful choices between jobs and family are only the latest casualty of the legislature’s failure...
A Win-Win for Kentucky’s Budget and Small Businesses
Legislation requiring internet retailers to collect sales taxes owed to states would aid Kentucky’s depleted budget and end the unfair advantage out-of-state sellers have over Main Street Kentucky businesses. The...
Pension Bill Focuses on Wrong Issues
To hear some in Frankfort these days, Kentucky needs pension reform now, now, now to avoid our own fiscal cliff, sequester, Greek economic meltdown or you name the financial calamity....
Why Regions Fail
Others have rightly jumped on Nicholas Kristof’s December column in the New York Times criticizing the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program for children with disabilities. Kristof uses stories of families...
Kentucky Among 10 States with Fastest-Growing Income Inequality
Income gaps widened more in Kentucky than in all but eight other states between the late 1990s and the mid-2000s – and more than all but three other states from...