Beshear accuses lawmakers of ‘cruel’ votes on veto overrides

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear says Republican lawmakers have taken votes that will “kick struggling Kentuckians while they are down.” The Democratic governor’s response Tuesday comes a day after the legislature overrode his vetoes of measures affecting jobless benefits and food aid. One bill revamps rules for Kentucky’s laid-off workers to receive unemployment benefits. The other measure ends Kentucky’s COVID-19 state of emergency a few weeks earlier than previously planned. Both measures now become state law.