GOP-controlled KY legislature gives final passage to $31 billion executive branch budget

By: Liam Niemeyer, Sarah Ladd

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: April 1, 2026

Words: 1,366

Last Updated: 4 months ago

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FRANKFORT — The GOP-controlled Kentucky legislature gave final passage Wednesday to the state’s executive branch budget allocating more than $31 billion in General Fund revenues and sparking heated debates between Republicans and Democrats over funding for education, Medicaid and more.

In the House, Democrats called the finalized state budget morally and fiscally short-shighted. The Republican chair of the House budget committee was incensed, shouting at one point that Democrats were trying to “make up …

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