By AP
Frankfort, KY – Kentucky State Budget Director Mary Lassiter is again calling on department heads to begin looking for places to cut spending. Lassiter sent a letter to government leaders Thursday telling them to brace for an initial $35 million in cuts necessary to balance the state budget.
That's a portion of the $131 million in cuts lawmakers mandated in May.
Lassiter called for the heads of state agencies to identify places to cut and to outline the impacts and consequences of those cuts. It's a call they've heard before with revenues having dwindled by more than $1.5 billion over the past two years.
Final decisions on the next round of cuts will be made later, after department heads submit their responses.