Brett Guthrie has an $800 billion problem
And how he handles it will affect the lives of over a million Kentuckians
Budget
‘We’re there’: Beshear urges legislature to lift its cap on emergency spending
— by McKenna Horsley, Kentucky Lantern — Gov. Andy Beshear says he’s going to ask the Kentucky General Assembly to lift a spending cap it imposed last year on state agencies responding to emergencies and disasters. Besehar also will ask lawmakers to fund emergency relief for local governments and education in
Beshear authorizes $14.7 million to Kentucky schools to cover budget shortfall
Fletcher says education department will keep talking with lawmakers
How much would that bill cost? Beshear provides a price list.
Rep. Maddox says her proposed fiscal note requirement is still needed
Jason Bailey on the Repub tax cuts and their impact on KY
Also, some thoughts about the Trump funding freeze.
Trump sparks Constitutional crisis, seizing budget authority from Congress
An analysis from Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo
KY House speaker questions ‘how reliable’ data is after school funding shortfall is predicted
Kentucky House Speaker David Osborne questioned the reliability of Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) data in response to the department’s prediction the day before that funding for public schools is facing a $40 million shortfall. Osborne said in a statement Wednesday that lawmakers “are aware that estimates provided by
KY tax cut moves from Senate committee as chair warns fellow Republicans against ‘stunts’
Some Repubs want to speed up eliminating the income tax completely
Another cut in KY’s income tax is rolling as Republicans advance House Bill 1
Their goal? Eliminate the state income tax completely.
HB1 is – you guessed it – the tax cut bill
“I know! Let’s take $700 million out of the state’s income and see what happens!”
