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\nDemocratic Governor-elect Andy Beshear is looking for ways to bridge the partisan divide as he prepares to work with the Republican-led legislature.<\/p>\n
\nDemocratic Governor-elect Andy Beshear is looking for ways to bridge the partisan divide as he prepares to work with the Republican-led legislature.<\/p>\n
Beshear says combating drug-abuse problems should be achievable. He says strengthening child welfare protections is ripe for bipartisanship agreement. Aiming even higher, he\u2019s hoping to find agreement on big things he campaigned on \u2014 education, health care, pension protection and better jobs. Some of those issues stoked contentious debates in the past, but Beshear says they don\u2019t have to be partisan.<\/p>\n
The governor-elect is in the early stages of preparing a budget, too. Beshear guaranteed the $2,000 pay raise for public school teachers he campaigned on will be in his spending blueprint.<\/p>\n
Beshear commented in a Friday interview with The Associated Press.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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