Kentucky budget talks break down
Source: AP
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A $500,000 roof on a Louisville domestic violence shelter threatened to derail the state's $20 billion two-year state spending plan for health care, education and public safety.
Democratic state Rep. Larry Clark, D-Louisville, wants state taxpayers to pay $500,000 to replace a roof on the Center for Women and Families in Louisville.
But Republican state Sen. Bob Leeper, R-Paducah, removed that money from the budget, saying it is the Senate's policy not to include pet projects with no statewide impact in the two-year state spending plan.
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With that, House and Senate lawmakers angrily walked away from the negotiating table with little progress after two days of budget talks. Lawmakers tried again Friday evening, meeting for four hours before adjourning in time to watch the University of Kentucky play the University of Louisville in the NCAA basketball tournament.
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