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Our Commonwealth: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget
Click here for: A Primer on the Kentucky State Budget (PDF). Every two years, the Kentucky General Assembly passes a budget in the form of four separate bills for the executive branch, legislative...
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Governor’s Budget Makes Modest Increases to Education Funding and Selected...
Governor Beshear’s budget proposal to the General Assembly contains small increases in spending for P-12 education and provides funding for other targeted areas including relief for quasi-governmental...
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Revenue Options That Strengthen the Commonwealth
Currently, too many tax breaks drain money that is needed to shore up and sustain public schools, higher education and workforce development; teacher and state worker pension systems; preschool, child...
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House Budget Makes Adjustments Including to Employee Raises, Social Workers...
The House budget plan includes many of the same priorities that the governor proposed, but contains a different emphasis in a variety of areas. Compared to the governor’s budget, the House budget...
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Senate Budget Increases Rainy Day Fund Paid for by Reducing Spending,...
The Senate budget increases funding for the Rainy Day Fund by reducing funding for pension contributions for health departments and other areas proposed by the House in its budget. The Senate budget...
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Legislature to Pass Austere 1-Year Budget with Major Uncertainty as to Revenues
The legislative leaders meeting on an executive branch budget finalized a Free Conference Committee Report (FCCR) that covers only one year of the biennium and continues current funding levels for...
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Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal...
PDF version: Lessons from the Great Recession: Kentucky and Other States Need More Federal Relief As the nation faces the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is critical that the federal...
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How Kentucky Should Spend Remaining Coronavirus Relief Fund Monies
The federal government provided $1.6 billion in Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) monies to the state of Kentucky as part of the CARES Act that passed Congress on March 27th. As of September 9th, the...
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What Does Kentucky Value? A Preview of the 2020-2022 Budget of the Commonwealth
PDF of the full report. Kentucky’s state budget is the primary policy document of the commonwealth, establishing how the state lives out shared values. Through investments ranging from schools to...
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SNAP Is Good for Kentuckians’ Health
Click for a PDF version of SNAP Is Good for Kentuckians’ Health. Everyone knows that food is essential to well-being, but less widely understood is the power of direct food assistance in improving...
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