Andy Beshear

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Kentucky's state budget has grown substantially during your tenure — can you identify three specific areas where you believe state spending could be reduced or made more efficient without cutting essential services, and do you support further reducing Kentucky's individual income tax rate toward the legislature's stated goal of elimination?

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Kentucky has some of the highest rates of childhood poverty and food insecurity in the nation — beyond federal programs, what state-level initiatives have you implemented or do you plan to implement to address child poverty, and how do you measure their effectiveness?

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Eastern Kentucky continues to face economic hardship following the decline of the coal industry, and flooding in 2022 caused devastating damage to the region — what is the current status of long-term recovery and economic diversification efforts there, and how are state funds being tracked and spent?