U.S. House Tax Plan: Benefit for Richest 1 Percent in Kentucky Grows Over Time
A new 50-state analysis of the U.S. House tax plan released last week reveals that in Kentucky the wealthiest 1...
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GOP Tax Plan Offers Nothing to Most Kentuckians While Paving the Way for Cuts to Education, Health Care and Other Key Programs
Following the release of the U.S. House’s new tax proposal, Anna Baumann, research and policy analyst for the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy, released the following statement: “The House tax...
Revenue Options Provide Solution to Kentucky’s Pension Funding Problems
As the governor, legislative leaders and stakeholders wrestle with potential harmful changes to pension benefits of Kentucky public employees, a new report from the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy (KCEP)...
Census Data Shows Too Little Improvement in Poverty and Income in Kentucky to Suggest Full Recovery
New American Community Survey (ACS) data for 2016 released today by the U.S. Census shows poverty didn’t budge and income only increased slightly in Kentucky from 2015. The poverty rate...
New Census Data Shows Continued Gains in Health Insurance Coverage Thanks to ACA
U.S. Census data released today shows Kentucky continued its historic progress in reducing the share of Kentuckians without health insurance coverage in 2016, down to only 5.1 percent compared to...
Higher Ed Cuts Keep Kentucky Among Worst in Nation
An annual report on higher education cuts across the U.S. shows Kentucky’s continued budget reductions are keeping us among the bottom 10 states when it comes to per-student funding cuts...
Press Release: Report Shows Switch to 401k System Will Cause Added Harm
A new report released today by the Kentucky Public Pension Coalition (KPPC) shows how switching to a 401(k)-type retirement plan (also known as a defined contribution system) will not help...
Statement on the Failure of Health Repeal in the Senate
KCEP Executive Director Jason Bailey on the failure of Affordable Care Act repeal legislation in the U. S. Senate: "The collapse of the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act...
Statement on Vote to Debate Health Care Repeal
Statement by Dustin Pugel, research and policy associate, on the vote to debate health care repeal: "The Senate just voted to start the clock on a vote to repeal the...
Trump Budget Would Harm Kentuckians, Push Massive Costs Onto State
President Trump’s budget slashes nutrition, health care, and other important assistance that helps hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians meet basic living standards – food on the table, a roof over...