FRANKFORT — (TNS) Following the passage of the ‘One, Big Beautiful Bill’ this summer, Kentucky legislators say they will shift the way they make policy and create the state’s budget.

The federal tax and spending bill passed July 4 will largely impact the way the Kentucky General Assembly creates its two-year budget, said Speaker of the House David Osborne, R-Prospect, Monday at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce’s Legislative Preview Conference in Lexington.

“I think this budget is going to present some unique challenges because there really are disparate ideas on how we approach (it),” he said.

As part of $100 billion budget negotiations looming for the start of 2026, legislators are certain they’ll be discussing what it means that they’re now shouldering costs shifted to them for Medica

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