Beshear orders plans for 4 percent budget cuts

This from C-J:

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Steve Beshear has asked state agencies for plans to cut spending by 4 percent this fiscal year to help meet the state’s projected $456 million revenue shortfall.“

In order to prepare our proposed plan that addresses the shortfall, we’ve got to have potential scenarios from across state government,” Beshear spokesman Jay Blanton said this afternoon.

“So we’ve asked agencies across state government to prepare scenarios of the impact of a 4 percent cut.”He said the request is a required step in preparing a budget-balancing proposal that Beshear will make early next month...