The move follows a request to Beshear by Agriculture Commissioner Jonathan Shell, asking for that action after President Trump issued an executive order to defer federal taxes on the fuel and allowed the fuel to be used on public roadways.
Governors in Texas, Nebraska and Louisiana have taken steps to allow red-dyed diesel on roads. The fuel type is commonly used on farmland and is tax-exempt.
Gov. Andy Beshear is redirecting $2.5 million in state housing funds to erase an estimated $250 million in medical debt for more than 130,000 Kentuckians, a move one Republican lawmaker says was not what legislators intended.
U.S. Sen. Mitch McConnell returned to the Senate Monday after a three-month medical absence following a fall and hospitalization, saying he is still recovering but plans to be present for key votes.
The key fiscal trigger in question that was not met is a requirement that General Fund receipts for the fiscal year exceed spending by the amount of funding it would take to cut the income tax rate by one percentage point.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said in his weekly press conference that the state should do away with data center incentives, echoing bipartisan criticism in recent weeks.
Drawings from eight finalists appear on the ballot from students across the state. Much like during Kentucky’s regular elections, voters may use a paper ballot to mark their choice and return it to a scanner.
The governor said his executive order would implement an array of protections against the potential impacts of data centers, though some experts have questioned how much legal “teeth” his order has without the backing of specific state laws addressing data centers.
Gov. Andy Beshear is ordering Kentucky regulators to protect residents and ratepayers from potential harms tied to data centers, including higher utility bills and impacts on air and water.
