State Cuts to Education Continue to Deepen
Kentucky is one of 35 states in which inflation-adjusted per student state funding for K-12 education is lower this school...
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Myths and Facts about an Earned Income Tax Credit in Kentucky
The federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is widely known as a highly effective antipoverty program that helps low-income families make ends meet and provides long-term benefits for children. In...
Increase in Federal Minimum Wage Would Provide Much-Needed Boost to Kentucky Families
An increase in the federal minimum wage to $9.80 an hour would raise wages in Kentucky by $606 million over the next three years and benefit one out of every...
Agenda to Reduce Taxes and Workers’ Rights No Path to Prosperity
Hardly a month goes by without the release of another index supposedly ranking states on their economic competitiveness. One prominent such report comes from the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC),...
Kentucky Job Growth Continues To Be Too Slow
Kentucky added only 700 net jobs in June, again failing to produce enough jobs to make a real dent in the employment gap created by the recession. Kentucky needs to...
Report’s Findings Suggest Kentucky’s Business Tax Incentives Not Very Cost-Effective Way to Create Jobs
Put into context, the findings of a consulting group report to the Kentucky legislature suggest that state economic development incentive programs are not a very cost-effective way to create jobs—a...
Public Versus Private Employee Costs in Kentucky: Comparing Apples to Apples
While a state task force considers further cuts to public employee pension benefits, a new report shows that Kentucky public workers are already undercompensated compared to their private sector counterparts....
Report Estimates Medicaid Expansion Could Actually Save Kentucky Money
We previously reported (here and here) that the state will likely incur little cost associated with the expansion of Medicaid beginning in 2014 to around 300,000 Kentuckians. But in fact...
Medicaid Expansion is a Very Good Deal for Kentucky
The 2014 expansion of Medicaid in the Affordable Care Act will benefit Kentuckians substantially, while the federal government will largely pick up the bill. According to one analysis, Kentucky will...
Supreme Court Ruling Allows Kentucky to Move Forward on Addressing Health Challenges
The Supreme Court's decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is good news for Kentucky, a state with tremendous health challenges and a growing number of families that...