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FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov.

Gov. Steve Beshear said it will probably be mid-July before he can determine the level of spending reductions in state services other than public school funding, corrections and Medicaid.

Gov. Jan Brewer kept state government running but rejected funding levels for K-12 schools and said she was calling a special session next week to increase school funding.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov.

The biggest political guessing game in the Capitol these days is the answer to this question: Who will be Gov.

There is a problem with Kentucky law when, despite several attempts to stop it from happening, Leland Cox may be able to return to his role as Barren County jailer.

Madisonville, KY The 2009 Governor Ruby Laffoon Governor Steve Beshear Democratic Dinner was held Friday night at the New Hopkins County Fair and Expo Center.

Keeping a promise to hard-pressed local governments, Gov. Steve Beshear today said the Transportation Cabinet will bear more of the cost of cleaning up roadway debris left over from the disastrous ice storm of January.

After 10 days, $600,000, charges of one side having no concern for the beleaguered horse industry and charges from the other side of vote buying, Kentucky's lawmakers have left town after passing three of the four special session items on their agenda.

Gov. Steve Beshear Wednesday said the Special Session produced significant accomplishments that will save and create thousands of jobs and stimulate hundreds of millions of dollars in investment and economic growth.

The Kentucky Attorney General's Office has issued an opinion that Barren County Jailer Leland Cox's actions do not rise to the level of misfeasance or malfeasance.

The state House approved a budget late Monday that plugs a nearly $1 billion projected shortfall and includes $1.1 billion in school and university construction projects, but much of the measure is already moot.

Horse tracks are one step closer to offering a whole new kind of gambling. Friday the House voted 52 to 45 to allow video slot machines.

As Kentucky legislative leaders weigh a proposal to allow slot machines at horse racetracks, the governor of Ohio may have upped the ante.

FRANKFORT, Ky. - Gov. Steve Beshear has made the following appointments to Kentucky boards and commissions: Gov.

They didn't have a bill. They didn't take a vote. The House Licensing and Occupation Committee heard about two versions of a proposal to allow video lottery terminals at horse tracks.

When he was running for governor in 2007 Democrat Steve Beshear he chided Republican Gov.

Gov. Steve Beshear told a joint session of the General Assembly it is time for to face "Kentucky's challenges head on" and do it together - by enacting his proposals for a controversial special session that began Monday.

Against the backdrop of a troubling national recession, Gov. Steve Beshear called upon legislators to come together to plug a $1 billion budget hole and pass legislation that would create jobs and invest hundreds of millions of dollars into the Commonwealth's economy.

FRANKFORT - Less than 90 minutes after the opening of Monday's special legislative session Gov.