FRANKFORT (AP) - Declaring "the day of reckoning has come," Gov. Steve Beshear called Tuesday for 8.4 percent cuts to most government agencies. Only education, public safety and a handful of other programs would be spared to make up a $742 million deficit. He presented his proposal to a joint... more »
FRANKFORT (AP) - The Kentucky Senate passed a $17.3 billion, two-year state budget plan Monday night that proposes deeper spending cuts than the House to overcome a looming shortfall and erase a slew of construction projects backed by House Democratic leaders. The Senate, with bipartisan support, also dropped two tax-code... more »
FRANKFORT (AP) - Kentucky House leaders crafting a state spending blueprint have spared higher education from the full extent of a proposed budget cut, but public universities and colleges will likely face some reductions, House Speaker Greg Stumbo said Monday. The budget writers also were looking at some changes to... more »
(AP) - Morehead State University's president is warning Kentucky lawmakers that deep budget cuts could wipe out progress made by public universities since the late 1990s. Morehead President Wayne D. Andrews spoke Thursday to a House budget subcommittee along with the presidents of Eastern Kentucky University and Northern Kentucky University.... more »
Lexington mayor Jim Newberry on Friday asked the city’s division directors to propose budget cuts to make up for a large part of an estimated $12 million -$13 million revenue shortfall in the current budget year. “Like cities and states all over the country, our revenue projections are not meeting... more »
Some people who get arrested for nonviolent crimes in nine Kentucky counties will be able to post bail immediately instead of going to jail, under an initiative that court officials hope will help slow down the rising cost of locking people up. The Kentucky Supreme Court selected Bell, Boone, Boyd,... more »
Attorney General Jack Conway is warning that additional state budget cuts could lead to more job losses in his office. Conway told a legislative subcommittee on Monday that employment in his office had fallen to about 200 employees, down from 250. Budget Director Mary Lassiter sent a letter to state... more »
