Kentucky Politics Distilled: Republicans' First Budget

Published: March 23, 2018, 10:48 p.m.

This week in Kentucky politics, lawmakers retreated behind closed doors to begin hammering out a compromise on the state budget for the next two years. A bill that would shield personal cell phones and computers from records requests drew fire from open government advocates. And a common type of abortion would be banned under a bill that is nearing final passage out of the legislature. Capitol reporter Ryland Barton has this week\u2019s edition of Kentucky Politics Distilled.