Lexington Herald-Leader: They’re back: Five things to watch as the Kentucky legislature returns to Frankfort
Berry Craig
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.