Statement on Supreme Court Ruling on Louisville Minimum Wage Ordinance
Statement from Executive Director Jason Bailey: “This ruling is a big setback for the tens of thousands of hard working,...
Press Release
Kentucky Continues Decline As One of Worst States for K-12 Core Funding Cuts
Kentucky is one of the worst states when it comes to cuts in core funding for elementary and secondary schools since the Great Recession, according to a report released today...
Income Rises for Kentucky Households in 2015 but Progress Needed to Reduce Poverty
New Census data released today shows median household incomes in Kentucky rose by over $2,000 in Kentucky last year, evidence of an improving economy with rising wages for workers. However,...
New Census Data Keeps Kentucky As Top State in Health Insurance Coverage, Thanks to Medicaid Expansion
New Census data released today shows Kentucky’s historic progress in reducing the share of Kentuckians without health insurance coverage has continued to grow. The new American Community Survey (ACS) data...
The State of Working Kentucky 2016: Bright Spots But Still Far From Full Recovery
As the Commonwealth continues to gain distance from the Great Recession, a new report, The State of Working Kentucky 2016, shows a mixed story of progress for workers in recent...
Press Release: New Data Show Reason for Concern about Income Inequality in Kentucky
Income inequality in Kentucky has risen significantly in recent decades, with the latest data showing real income for the wealthiest 1 percent of Kentuckians rose by 60.1 percent between 1979...
Continued Higher Education Cuts Place Kentucky Among Worst in Country
Kentucky is continuing its tumble to the bottom as one of the worst states in funding cuts to higher education, a new report from the Center for Budget and Policy...
Statement on New Overtime Threshold Rule’s Impact on Kentucky
"The new overtime rule is great news for the 1 in 4 salaried workers in Kentucky who will now be entitled to overtime pay,” Anna Baumann, research and policy analyst...
New Report Warns Against Harmful Changes to Kentucky’s Medicaid Expansion
A new report by the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy provides an in-depth look at Medicaid in Kentucky, the benefits of Medicaid expansion and potential harmful impacts of changes that...
Statement on Passage of Executive Branch Budget
“The legislature has reached agreement on a budget that rightly increases funding for pension liabilities and has a few bright spots like funding for scholarship programs. But taken as a...