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Kentucky lawmakers pass a scaled-back budget amid pandemic

by Associated Press
| April 1, 2020 2:27 PM

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky lawmakers passed a slimmed-down, one-year state budget Wednesday without pay raises for school teachers or increased education funding — priorities that fell victim to the dramatic economic downturn caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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