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Yellow PagesMar 4, 2008
2008 General Assembly: Budget options are all difficult
“At this time I don't think I'll support any tax hikes at all”
Rank-and-file members of the House of Representatives began bracing Monday for the difficult choice that awaits them later this week: raise taxes or cut education spending.
House Speaker Jody Richards, D-Bowling Green, said leaders have devised several options to raise $400 million a year to bolster an austere $18.8 billion spending plan proposed by Gov. Steve Beshear. The governor's budget cuts spending next year by about $165 million.
Richards likened the choices that await House Democrats during a closed-door caucus on Thursday to a TV game show. Read more
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