How the Senate Budget Differs from the House
The Senate budget puts less money into early childhood and education programs, capital projects and some health programs than the House budget and allocates more money to the state police, university...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Budget Options Make Higher Education Harder to Afford for Those Who...
Lack of state revenue is chipping away at the progress Kentucky made in higher education beginning in the 1990s. That trend continues in the new budget being developed. More cuts to community colleges...
View ArticleInfographic: Make Work Pay for Kentucky Families with a State EITC and...
Hundreds of thousands of hardworking Kentuckians in low-wage jobs are struggling to make ends meet. Here are two tools that would give Kentucky families a boost they need: enacting a state Earned...
View ArticleSenate Budget Accepts Affordable Care Act Funds and Draws on Law’s Benefits
Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in Kentucky passed a hurdle this week when the Senate chose to accept billions of federal dollars in its budget to fund the law’s expansion of health...
View ArticlePre-School Expansion a Notable Part of Budget Agreement
Press reports indicate that the new budget agreement contains an additional $18 million for pre-school in 2016, a 25 percent increase in state funding that would open up public pre-school to 5,125 more...
View ArticleStatement on Budget that Passed the General Assembly
KCEP Director Jason Bailey released the following statement today:“While it is good to see the chambers of the General Assembly come together to pass a budget, the new budget falls short of what it...
View ArticleGeneral Assembly Passes Budget Containing 14th Round of Cuts Since 2008
The General Assembly has passed an austere budget that includes further cuts, flat-level funding or modest increases to the education, health and safety, human services and other programs that Kentucky...
View ArticleNew Budget Will Worsen Kentucky’s College Affordability Problem
The budget passed by the General Assembly on Monday does not contain good news for higher education students in Kentucky. The 1.5 percent cuts to the state’s public universities and community colleges,...
View ArticleTax Break Bill a Setback for Revenue System
The General Assembly inserted some last minute tax breaks benefiting powerful interests into House Bill 445—the revenue bill that accompanied the new budget—before passing the bill and adjourning for...
View ArticleWhat Are Taxes For?
Tax Day is an important time for Kentuckians to consider the role of government in our state and nation. Taxes are a critical tool for doing things together that we cannot do alone. With them, we...
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