State Senate Passes $31 Billion Spending Plan

Kentucky budget bill clears Senate with notable tweaks. What's changed

State employees will see raises and Kentucky retirees will receive cost-of-living adjustments under a revised budget that passed the state Senate.

As advocates warn KY is ‘losing ground’ on smoking cessation, legislature approves funding cuts

The Kentucky Capitol under construction. Jan. 6, 2026. (Kentucky Lantern photo by Sarah Ladd)FRANKFORT — The Kentucky Senate’s version of the state budget proposal keeps cuts made by the House to tobacco cessation.  Barring any changes, the legislature will put just shy of $1.8 million in the 2026-2027 fiscal year and about $1.6 million in the 2027-2028 year into tobacco cessation efforts.  The 2024 budget allocated nearly $1.9 million for 2024-…

Kentucky Senate passes amended version of 2-year budget plan

The spending bill has now passed the Kentucky House and Senate, but the process still has a ways to go.

State Senate passes $31 billion spending plan

Kentucky senators passed a $31B budget and a one-time $810M rainy-day spending plan, including SEEK funding boosts and a “13th check” for retirees.

Kentucky Senate passes amended $31B state budget bill

The Kentucky Senate added more spending to the budget than the House version, but now GOP legislative leaders in each chamber will hammer out their differences.

Kentucky Senate unanimously passes $31 billion state budget, $810 million in one-time spending

The GOP-controlled Kentucky Senate unanimously passed its version of the two-year state budget Wednesday providing less money than the House for public schools but substantially more for Medicaid, while cutting a number of state agency budgets.  State senators also passed budget bills funding the state’s legislative and judicial branches, along with a bill that would spend $810 million from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund on one-time appropriation…