Kentucky Politics Distilled: Clash of the Governors

WEKU | By Ryland Barton

Published February 12, 2016 at 5:00 PM EST

This week in Kentucky politics, former Gov. Steve Beshear returned to confront current Gov. Matt Bevin over health care, lawmakers took another crack at the local option sales tax and, once again, anti-abortion legislation maneuvered its way through the General Assembly.

That and more in this week’s installment of Kentucky Politics Distilled.

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