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Kentucky Senate budget chair questions politicised budget forecast
Original: Kentucky Senate budget chair questions whether politics are influencing budget forecast
The chairman of the Kentucky Senate's budget committee is publicly questioning whether politics are influencing the state's official budget forecast. The claim raises concerns about the independence of the revenue estimates lawmakers rely on to craft the state budget, and puts a spotlight on tensions between legislative Republicans and whoever produces the forecast. Details about which forecast and which officials are involved were not immediately clear.
Why now: Kentucky lawmakers are in a budget session and accusations of political interference in revenue forecasting are fueling partisan tension
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- Kentucky Senate budget chair questions whether politics are influencing budget forecast · WUKY
- Kentucky Senate budget chair questions whether politics are influencing budget forecast · Kentucky Lantern
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