New Report Shows Cause for Concern Over High Income Inequality in Kentucky
The top one percent of earners in Kentucky have taken home one-fourth of all income growth in the recovery from...
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How Income Inequality Looks Across Kentucky Counties
The average income of the top 1 percent of Kentuckians is 16.6 times greater the average income of everyone else in the state according to a new report by the...
Infographic: Ky. Higher Ed Cuts Among Worst in the 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...
Federal Payday Lending Rule a Win for Kentuckians
To read KCEP's submitted comments on the rule, click here. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) released its long awaited proposed rule to reign in many abusive practices of payday...
Understanding Pension Contributions in the Final Budget
The issue of pensions for Kentucky public employees and teachers is complex, and the two main pension systems — the Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) and the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System...
Report Points Out Successes with Kentucky’s Preschool Program and Progress to be Made
Kentucky has made strides over the last few decades to expand access to quality public preschool. The recent State of Preschool 2015 report points out where Kentucky has made progress...
Five Reasons Cutting Higher Education Hurts Low-Income and Minority Kentuckians
Higher education funding issues in Kentucky have been in the news a lot recently — for ranking among the worst in the country for per-student cuts in a new report;...
Rural Kentucky Population Continues Decline While Urban and Suburban Areas Grow
Recently released population estimates from the Census show that, over the last five years, Kentucky continues to urbanize. Rural eastern and western counties’ populations have dropped while the “golden triangle”...
What Are Medicaid Waivers?
Kentucky has had great success in reducing the number of people who are uninsured since it expanded Medicaid coverage through the Affordable Care Act. Since that time, Governor Bevin has...
A Fourth of Kentucky’s Salaried Workforce Will Benefit Under Increase to Overtime Threshold
An estimated 149,000 salaried Kentucky workers will become entitled to overtime protections under President Obama’s increase to the overtime salary threshold announced today, according to an analysis from the Economic...