State Should Move Forward With Recommendations to Shed Light on Tax Expenditures
Kentucky loses more than $13 billion every year through tax expenditures – tax breaks, exemptions and exclusions that leave us...
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Pension Bills Cut Benefits, Will Have Minimal Impact on System Health
The two pension bills introduced last night in the hastily-called special session (House Bill 1 and House Bill 2) include many of the benefit cuts that target future and current...
Warning Against Kentucky’s Barriers to Medicaid From Arkansas
Recent enrollment declines in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in Kentucky and Medicaid in Arkansas due to new work-reporting requirements point to a bleak future for Kentucky’s Medicaid program,...
Reenacting Pension Bill Would Cause More Harm
The Kentucky Supreme Court threw out the 2018 pension bill on procedural grounds today, ruling that it violated the constitutional requirement that a bill receive three readings on three different...
Kentucky’s Economic Performance Falls Short of Claims Based on Corporate Announcements
For a PDF version of the report, click here. Summary Kentucky and its policymakers need accurate indicators to measure the strength of the state economy and to understand the impact...
Repealing Combined Reporting in Kentucky Would Re-Open a Major Tax Loophole for Big Corporations
Since the end of the 2018 legislative session, there has been an ongoing effort by large, multistate corporations to repeal “combined reporting” – one of the few components of House...
Reinstated SNAP Time Limit Has Led to Thousands Without Food Assistance
Since May, 10,097 Kentucky adults have lost food assistance as a result of new barriers to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation erected by the state. Beginning in February, the...
Falling Medicaid Enrollment Further Counters the Need for Cuts
Recent claims of a “shortfall” in the budget for Medicaid benefits – an unwarranted alarm based on a misrepresentation of budget numbers – are further undercut by the fact that...
Public Charge Rule Changes Would Hurt Kentucky Immigrants and Their Families
The proposed changes to the “public charge” rule by the President’s administration, published yesterday for public comment, are a radical change in immigration policy that would have harmful effects for...
‘Sky is Falling’ Pension Story Not Backed by Facts
As the pension bill that passed in the 2018 session awaits a ruling from the state Supreme Court, we’re hearing false claims the systems will collapse if the bill is...