Kentucky is unable to fulfill nearly $40 million of requests from cities and counties to help repair local roads because of a lack of funding, a Kentucky Transportation Cabinet official
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The head of the Kentucky Economic Development Cabinet hopes to bring more businesses to rural Kentucky communities, especially in the eastern and western parts of the state.
Budget Director John Hicks told lawmakers juvenile justice reforms would cost $20 million in the next fiscal year and $26 million in the current capital budget.
Those with the administration placing blame on a lack of funding and staffing shortages throughout the system mainly in detention facilities, it comes as HB3 is expected to be considered on Wednesday, a bill that aims to make changes to the juvenile justice system.