Kentucky Senate unanimously passes $31 billion state budget and $810 million in one-time spending

By: Liam Niemeyer

Outlets: Kentucky Lantern

Published: March 18, 2026

Words: 1,336

Last Updated: 2 days, 12 hours ago

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FRANKFORT — The GOP-controlled Kentucky Senate unanimously passed its version of the two-year state budget Wednesday providing less money than the House for public schools but substantially more for Medicaid, while cutting a number of state agency budgets.

State senators also passed budget bills funding the state’s legislative and judicial branches, along with a bill that would spend $810 million from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund on one-time appropriations that were not specified. The …

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