Fruit of the Loom apparel plants once dotted the Kentucky landscape, with 11,000 workers at factories in Jamestown, Frankfort, Campbellsville, Franklin, Greensburg, Princeton and Bowling Green. In 1987, the...
Senate Bill 6 in the 2025 Kentucky General Assembly makes the most significant change in the history of the core school funding formula created by the Kentucky Education Reform...
Last week’s attempted federal funding freeze caused panic for the many Kentuckians whose lives, jobs and communities rely on those resources. But that was just a glimpse of what’s...
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Kentucky lawmakers are expected to vote early in the legislative session on another half-point cut to the individual income tax rate, a...
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy An article by the Bluegrass Institute (BIPPS), and a series of follow-ups on individual school districts, tell a grossly inaccurate story about...
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy If Amendment 2 passes on the ballot this November, it will allow politicians to divert public dollars to private schools. Recent experience...
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy Amendment 2 on the ballot in November would open the door wide for private school voucher programs in Kentucky. On the low...
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The state of working Kentucky in 2024 includes good news on jobs but within the context of longstanding economic challenges and persistent...
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy This November, Kentuckians will vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would permit the General Assembly to spend public money...
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy An important shift may have happened last month when the Kentucky House Speaker said the General Assembly will not be eliminating the...
