"I'm certainly going to be pushing for the different kinds of stimulus packages that can help state governments weather the storm," Beshear told the Associated Press Monday.
Kentucky lawmakers approved a two-year $19 billion state spending plan earlier this year, that was already based on an estimated $900 million drop in state revenue but still face an estimated $456 million shortfall before the end of June. Some say the state's general fund will be behind by $1.3 billion in less than two years.
State universities and other public agencies are being asked to trim 4% from their budgets immediately.
Read more about the Beshear's meeting this week with Obama, whom the democrat governor publicly supported during the campaign, at the Courier-Journal's statewide Associated Press link. Although Beshear supported the president-elect, Kentucky went red for John McCain.
