Testimony on SCR 134: Balanced Budget Amendment
Jason Bailey, Director, Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Thank you Mr. Chairman for the opportunity to speak on this resolution....
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Paul Budget Would Cut $1 Billion from Education in Kentucky
Senator Rand Paul’s federal budget proposal would cut approximately $1 billion on an annual basis from education in Kentucky, creating a big hole in the K-12 budget while reducing support...
Testimony on HB 182: Payday Lending
Testimony on House Bill 182--Limiting the Interest Rate on Payday Lending to 36 Percent House Banking and Insurance Committee, Kentucky General Assembly February 16, 2011 Melissa Fry Konty, Ph.D. Research...
Farmer’s High-Risk Overhaul Creates Imbalance in Kentucky’s Tax System
House Bill 196, sponsored by Representative Bill Farmer, proposes to overhaul Kentucky’s tax system by eliminating income taxes on individuals and corporations while greatly expanding the sales tax base. The...
Kentucky Will Forego $90 Million for Jobless Workers Unless Unemployment Insurance Updates Made by August
Kentucky stands to miss out on $90 million in federal incentive monies unless it enacts measures by August 2011 to modernize its unemployment insurance system. Those changes would increase access...
Using the Federal Income Tax Cuts to Help Address Kentucky’s Budget Challenge
The federal tax compromise passed by Congress in December included extensions to income tax cuts resulting in over $1 billion in tax breaks to the wealthiest 5 percent of Kentuckians...
Reforms Needed to Bring Greater Scrutiny to “Tax Expenditures”
Every year Kentucky loses billions of dollars in revenue through special tax preferences and breaks for individualsand businesses that are written into the tax code. Yet there is very little...
End of Recovery Act Funds Could Mean Serious Budget Challenge for Kentucky
Kentucky’s budget situation would have been much worse without the $3.4 billion in funds provided to the state through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. But Recovery Act dollars are...