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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Democratic Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has warned that a Republican-backed policy threatens to tie his hands in responding to future disasters. Beshear is criticizing a section of the budget bill passed by lawmakers. It would limit how much his administration could spend to respond to such emergencies. Once that cap is reached, he'd have to ask lawmakers for more funding.
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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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Gov. Andy Beshear is asking the Kentucky legislature to approve a larger list of conditions that would qualify for the state's new medical cannabis project.
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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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As Gov. Andy Beshear enters his second term as Kentucky’s governor, he will take part in another tradition-filled inauguration on Dec. 12. The ceremony includes country ham, a 21-gun salute and the Inaugural Parade.
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Kentucky's governor made two new appointments to the state board of education on Tuesday, taking action days after drawing election-year criticism for a lapse in adding members to the board.
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Republicans have stepped up criticism of Kentucky’s Democratic governor for a lapse in appointments to the state school board. It revives a contentious issue but with a different twist. When he took office, Gov. Andy Beshear overhauled the Kentucky Board of Education, drawing criticism from Republicans. Now Beshear is drawing GOP ire for inaction in dealing with board membership. The dust-up surfaced when the Courier Journal reported that two state school board seats have sat idle for more than a year, GOP leaders say at least one of those board positions — by law — should go to a Republican.
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Every year, thousands flood into the small Graves County community to talk politics and partake in pulled pork at the event put on by St. Jerome Catholic Church in Fancy Farm, setting the table for November’s election and other high profile state races, including next spring’s gubernatorial primary.
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Governor Andy Beshear visited Mayfield Tuesday to announce the dispersal of more than $20 million in state aid for recovery five months after the December tornado outbreak.
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Hopkin County will receive $8.5 million from West Kentucky State Aid Funding for Emergencies to help with the ongoing recovery from the devastating December tornado outbreak.