Lexington Herald-Leader: They’re back: Five things to watch as the Kentucky legislature returns to Frankfort
By JOHN CHEVES and AUSTIN HORN
The Kentucky General Assembly returns to Frankfort on Tuesday for its 60-workday 2022 y session.
This will be the third year that Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear proposes a state budget and makes other policy recommendations to a legislature controlled by veto-proof Republican majorities who don’t wish to see him re-elected in November 2023.
Fortunately for lawmakers, Kentucky is in good fiscal shape this time around (except for that pesky $26.9 billion in combined long-term pension debt for state workers and school teachers). State economists last month predicted the General Fund will close the current fiscal year on June 30 with a $1.9 billion surplus.