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El gobernador Andy Beshear anunció un superávit presupuestario de 320 millones de dólares para Kentucky, marcando el séptimo año consecutivo con superávit y revirtiendo proyecciones anteriores de un déficit de 156 millones. Los primeros cuatro meses de 2026 registraron la mejor inversión económica en la historia del estado con más de 7 mil millones de dólares anunciados, impulsados por mayores ingresos fiscales en impuestos sobre ventas e ingresos personales. Desde que asumió el cargo en diciembre de 2019, Beshear ha anunciado más de 1,300 proyectos de expansión empresarial totalizando más de 50 mil millones de dólares en inversiones y creando más de 70,000 empleos.
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Gov. Andy Beshear highlighted record-breaking fiscal performance and continued economic momentum in a Team Kentucky Update, touting a budget surplus that exceeded expectations and major strides in job creation across the state.
Kentucky ended its fiscal year with a $320 million budget surplus, marking the seventh consecutive year the state recorded such a surplus. The news represents a significant turnaround from earlier projections of a $156 million shortfall that prompted budget reductions across state agencies.
“This is great news for our economy, and it also presents our General Assembly with an opportunity, now that we have more financial resources, to address some of the budget cuts,” Beshear said. “Our goal is to help Kentucky families, and we can do that by turning this good news and turning it into something great.”
The surplus stems largely from stronger-than-expected tax revenues. Sales and use tax receipts were 6.4 percent higher than fiscal year 2025 levels on growth of $375.3 million, while individual income tax receipts rose 4.6 percent despite a rate reduction from 4 percent to 3.5 percent that took effect in January 2026.
On the economic development front, the governor highlighted continued momentum with 2026 marking the best first four months for economic investment of any year in Kentucky history, with more than $7 billion in announced and approved investment. Since taking office in December 2019, Beshear has announced more than 1,300 private-sector new-location and expansion projects totaling over $50 billion in announced investments, creating more than 70,000 jobs.
The Team Kentucky Update also addressed other state initiatives, including recovery efforts in Eastern Kentucky, mental health rankings, sports betting updates and site development projects intended to position Kentucky communities for future investment and job creation.
Sources
- Office of the Governor
- Beshear announces Kentucky budget surplus after projecting shortfall
- Kentucky records seventh consecutive budget surplus
- Beshear says last four months of economic investment best in state history
This article was generated by AI (claude-haiku-4-5-20251001) based on source material from Office of the Governor, enriched with 2 web searches. The original source is available at https://kentucky.gov/Pages/Activity-stream.aspx?n=GovernorBeshear&prId=2797.
