Posts Tagged ‘Kentucky’

From Courier-Journal.com:

With a single day left in this year’s legislative session, House and Senate leaders are considering a budget compromise that would continue current-year spending levels through the next fiscal year.

House Speaker Greg Stumbo proposed the one-year continuation budget to Senate President David Williams on Wednesday in a last-ditch effort to get an agreement and avoid the need for a special session.

“A continuation budget would simply allow the governor to continue funding state government at the same levels that it was funded at … this fiscal year,” he said.

Spending in the current fiscal year, which ends June 30, is about $8.5billion.

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From Courier-Journal:

The top Democrat in the Kentucky Senate says he will retire at the end of his term this year, giving rise to Republican hopes that they can increase their majority.

Senate Minority Leader Ed Worley, D-Richmond, said he chose to retire because he can no longer keep up the pace in the Senate and run his construction business.

“Representing three counties, serving as the Senate Democratic floor leader and running a small business in a bad economy is more than good reason or good health can handle,” Worley said.

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