What Are Taxes For?
Across the commonwealth, Kentuckians are filing their taxes this week; and many are wondering if and how the Governor’s intention...
Research
What Good Tax Reform Looks Like
Click here to view as a PDF. Though the details remain unknown, Governor Bevin has described the kind of tax reform he’ll introduce in a special session this year as...
The Impact of the 2017 General Assembly on the Kentucky State Budget
Click here to view as PDF. The just concluded 2017 legislative session was not a budget session. However, the General Assembly passed a number of bills that will have an...
Kentucky’s ACA Health Insurance Marketplace Is Not Falling Apart
Far from collapsing, the health insurance exchanges set up by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) are a way many Kentuckians are now able to buy health insurance. It will be...
Taxing Groceries in Kentucky Would Hurt Low-Income Families, Weaken Revenue Growth
Click to view as a PDF. Governor Bevin has said he will propose tax reform in a special session this year that will move Kentucky toward a “consumption-based” tax system...
Criminal Justice Bills Passed This Session
As the session began, many were hopeful that the legislature was poised to pass criminal justice reforms that would make a meaningful impact in reducing the state’s growing inmate population,...
Tuition Increase Ceilings Announced
Today the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) announced the maximum in-state undergraduate tuition and mandatory fee increases the state’s public universities and community colleges will be allowed to charge students...
New Version of Drug Bill Would Have Serious Consequences for Addicts and Criminal Justice System
A new version of House Bill 333 passed the Senate Judiciary committee late last night. The bill contains very consequential changes for Kentuckians struggling with addiction, as well as the...
Eastern Kentucky Would Be Hardest Hit Place in Country by Job Loss from ACA Repeal, Report Says
The House proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) died last Friday, but House leaders say they hope to regroup and try again. Kentucky and especially eastern Kentucky would...
A County-by-County Look at Kentucky’s Dramatic Drop in Uninsured
According to new data from the Census Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Kentucky’s rate of uninsured residents under 65 years old dropped from 16.8 in 2013 to 7.1 percent in...