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- This brief argues against changing the way the state calculates corporate income taxes and moving to "single sales factor." According to the brief, single sales factor would reduce revenue needed...
- Topic:
- Taxation - Corporate Income, Taxation - Corporate Income
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This policy brief responds to proposed legislation to move new public employees to a cash balance option--rather than maintaining the traditional pension plan associated with public jobs. The legislation...
- Topic:
- Savings and Retirement, Public Sector Employees
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This report looks at Kentucky's low degree attainment rates and provides an overview of barriers to community college degree completion as well as possible solutions to these barriers. The report also...
- Topic:
- Level - Higher Education
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This policy brief was a response to state pension legislation to move to a defined contribution or hybrid plan, which could cut benefits for public workers. The brief makes four key points: 1) Public sector...
- Topic:
- Savings and Retirement, Public Sector Employees
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This brief promotes the idea that Kentucky should make the unemployment interest payments the state owes the federal government by re-enacting an employer surcharge. The brief argues that this solution...
- Topic:
- Unemployment
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This policy brief makes the case that Kentucky's income tax is the state's most productive and fairest tool to generate needed revenues. The brief urges that the state income tax should be protected and...
- Topic:
- Taxation - Individual Income
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This policy brief highlights the large number of workers in Kentucky who would benefit from the expansion of Medicaid, if the state decides to move forward.
- Topic:
- Public Assistance, Medicaid, Wages and Compensation
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This brief responds to common misconceptions about adopting a state EITC--particularly those espoused by the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce in their publication, "Should Kentucky Adopt a Credit that is...
- Topic:
- Taxes, Taxation - Individual Income
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This policy brief promotes the idea of a permanent coal severance tax fund in Kentucky, as implemented in other natural resource-rich states. This could help extend investment over the long-term and create a...
- Topic:
- Public Investment Funds, Fossil Fuels, Government Subsidies
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy
- Summary:
- This report, authored by an associate professor of labor and employment relations at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, shows that Kentucky public workers are...
- Topic:
- Wages and Compensation, Public Sector Employees
- Year:
- 2012
- Source:
- Kentucky Center for Economic Policy