Lawmakers are returning to Kentucky's Capitol to start a 60-day session that will be dominated by work on a new state budget.
The House and Senate will convene at midday Tuesday. This year's session will stretch into mid-April. Republicans hold supermajorities in both chambers, but there's a new political dynamic with Democrat Andy Beshear now in the governor's office.
In their budget work, Beshear and lawmakers will confront spending pressures amid projections for only modest revenue growth in coming years. Rising costs for pensions, health care and corrections will complicate their work. Beshear will submit his spending plan in late January.
