Modest reform to KY regulation could mean big business gains Regulatory restrictions, accumulated over years of lawmaking, have resulted in thousands of outdated rules that carry burdens for businesses and consumers alike.

Since 2020, Kentucky’s regulatory restrictions have grown by 8.8% — about double the rate in the median state. In 2024, Kentucky surpassed that median state in total restrictions. Last year, it was the fourth-most regulated in its region (second-most on a per-capita basis).

KY's flawed property tax system allows silent increases Kentucky can continue down the path of silent tax increases, temporary relief measures and growing taxpayer frustration or it can adopt a property tax system that works for everyone.

Local governments love it when they can hike property taxes while lowering tax rates. www.bluegrassinstitute.org/kys-flawed-p...

Bluegrass Institute Commends Kentucky Housing Task Force for Embracing Key Reform Recommendations The Bluegrass Institute today congratulated the Kentucky Housing Task Force for advancing a slate of housing reform measures that closely mirror recommendations advanced by the Institute earlier this ...

The General Assembly's housing task force has advanced a serious set of recommendations to make homes more affordable and abundant. www.bluegrassinstitute.org/bluegrass-in...

Zoning is such a strange institution—in every other sphere of economic life, this sort of command-and-control micromanagement has been thoroughly debunked. And yet when it comes to land use, we're still doing it.