Legislature Considering New Tax Subsidy for Private Schools Despite Backdrop of Public School Cuts
House Bill 205 proposes an expensive new tax break for private schools even though the current budget makes yet another round of...
Research
Past Underfunding of Pensions Hurts in Multiple Ways
The conversation in the Public Pension Working Group has returned to debates about what caused Kentucky's plans to be poorly funded. Some are relying on analyses from groups like PFM...
Kentucky Has Much to Learn from Other States on Criminal Justice Reform
Advocates for criminal justice reform in Kentucky hope to see effective and much-needed bail reform in the upcoming legislative session. But without other changes focused on reducing the number of...
Government Shutdown Could Leave Nearly 600,000 Kentuckians Without Food Assistance
Among the most dire effects of the government shutdown so far is the potential that benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program could run out in March or April, leaving...
Time Limits and Other Challenges Hinder Success of Kentucky’s SNAP E&T Program
Click here for a PDF of the report. Executive Summary Recent data shows more than 10,000 Kentuckians have lost SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly known as “food stamps") as...
Letter to the Public Pension Working Group
Dear Member of the Public Pension Working Group, Thank you for the opportunity to provide input to the Public Pension Working Group on this vital issue facing the commonwealth. I...
Impending Loss of Federal Toll Credits Makes Kentucky’s Transportation Funding Hole Even Deeper
Over the past few years, there has been much discussion about the need for additional resources to support Kentucky’s crumbling transportation infrastructure. The funding hole that currently exists becomes even...
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 with less money for investments in schools, infrastructure and other...
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,...