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The fast-moving budget bills were amended in the Senate to add $1.7 billion for one-time spending on projects and remove language defunding an alternative sentencing program and threatening K-12 school districts with takeover.
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Up-to-date digital maps are instrumental for everything from emergency management to routine property valuation. But the current legislative budget bill doesn’t include funding to continue an ongoing statewide mapping project.
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The state House has passed the GOP-led budget, laying out nearly $29 billion of the General Fund and $1.7 billion from Kentucky’s budget reserve trust fund for the next two fiscal years. Democrats argued, in over nearly four hours of floor debate, that the budget doesn’t go far enough.
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The Kentucky House GOP budget plan had some major differences with Gov. Beshear’s proposal, such as dismissing his request for K-12 raises and universal pre-K.
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A coalition of Kentucky advocacy and research organizations are asking the state legislature to fund a number of pressing issues using the state’s record budget reserve trust fund.
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear unveiled his proposed biennial state budget Monday night in a video aired on KET, outlining $136.6 billion of government spending over the next two fiscal years.
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Gov. Beshear vetoed 22 parts of the budget bill, rejecting technical errors and parts to provide raises for statewide elected officials.
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Republicans in the Kentucky Senate have unveiled their version of a two-year budget, funding several initiatives like raises for state workers and renovating state parks, but leaving about $1.2 billion unspent.
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Gov. Andy Beshear is still making the case for the legislature to take up his budget plan, but lawmakers are poised to go their own way.