Persistent Unemployment and Stagnant Wages Mark Labor Day 2011
Coming over two years after the recession officially ended, Labor Day 2011 should be a time to celebrate a return...
Op-Ed
Focus on Spending Cuts Ignores Revenue Problem
Kentucky is in great need of a substantive conversation about how to better fund essential services in its state budget. But by ignoring the state’s revenue problems, the Kentucky Chamber...
State Shouldn’t Cut Corporate Taxes
While legislative leaders in the Kentucky House and Senate have floated the idea of eliminating Kentucky’s corporate income tax, a new report shows that such a move is likely to...
Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Break an American Promise
For most advanced countries, health care is treated as a societal covenant in which all citizens have coverage for treatment of sickness, pain and disability. America has never made that...
Proposed Medicare and Medicaid Cuts Break an American Promise
For most advanced countries, health care is treated as a societal covenant in which all citizens have coverage for treatment of sickness, pain and disability. America has never made that...
Kentucky Must Invest, Reform Tax Code to Progress
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 try. A point of contention...
Federal Budget Debate Must Include Discussion of Investments Needed for Growth
Important debates over the federal budget are now taking place in Congress. Kentucky’s representatives, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Appropriations Committee Chair Hal Rogers, and Senator Rand Paul,...
Federal Budget Debate Must Include Discussion of Investments Needed for Growth
Important debates over the federal budget are now taking place in Congress. Kentucky’s representatives, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Appropriations Committee Chair Hal Rogers, and Senator Rand Paul,...