FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky lawmakers have passed a last-minute spending plan to pump money into full-day kindergarten and pay off unemployment insurance debts.
The action came as big-ticket budget items surfaced Tuesday on the final day of the legislative session.
The proposal winning final passage includes $140 million in state funds for full-day kindergarten. It also includes $575 million in federal pandemic aid to repay a federal loan that kept the state’s unemployment insurance program afloat.
Another spending plan winning final passage Tuesday night would allocate $250 million for a water and wastewater grant program.
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