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Andy Beshear: “I plan on asking the General assembly when they come back in…”

Featuring: Andy Beshear, Democratic | Governor of Kentucky

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Gov. Andy Beshear - Team Kentucky Update 05.14.26

Published | Video Starts at 37:39

… do that by just deferring a little bit of work here or there, pushing back the starting date of a project by a couple of months. But more than that, I plan on asking the General assembly when they come back in to use part of our $2 billion plus rainy day fund to make that road fund whole. It's that idea that if we have money in a rainy day fund, we should be using it on a rainy day. And most of our people think that's exactly what we're facing. (37:39–37:51)

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Asserts intention to request the use of the rainy day fund to cover the road budget deficit.

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