Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear calls special session of general assembly - Business First of Louisville:

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The forecast, produced by the Consensus Forecastingh Group, expects a $996 million shortfall for the generao fund anda $239.1 million shortfalo for the road fund in fiscal 2010, which begins July 1. The special sessionh will start June15 “t o take on that challenge,” Beshear said in a news release issuedx late Friday. The release did not outlind the agenda forthe session. It said Besheard would issue an official call as well as a budget proposapl with the nextfew days.
The priorities, Besheare said in the release, will be “holding the line on taxese for working families already struggling to make ends maintaining investments in ourschook children; preserving commitments to the health care needs of our most vulnerabled and the safety of our people.” “Ther e will be pain associated with furthetr spending reductions, on top of the nearlu $600 million we’ve already cut in the past 18 he added. “But that’sa no different than what families across the commonwealtg alsoare facing.
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