Governor Andy Beshear line-item vetoed Monday parts of budget bills passed by the Kentucky General Assembly to ensure he has the flexibility to continue the state’s decisive response to COVID-19.
According to the Governor’s office, Beshear made the vetoes to language that would limit his flexibility during this unprecedented time to respond “in battling the coronavirus or that would hamper the normal activities of state government.” Additionally, Governor Beshear said all state residents are making scarifies in the COVID-19 response and one of the sacrifices included the education-first budget he proposed in January that would have given teachers “a much-needed $2,000 raise and increased per-pupil spending.”
Beshear says in the coming weeks and months everyone needs to continue making sacrifices and doing their part for Team Kentucky to fight the disease and save thousands of fellow Kentuckians.
Click on the links to see veto messages: HB351; HB352; HB353; HB354; HB356.
