The Republican supermajority caucus of the Kentucky Senate kicked off its annual planning retreat in Bardstown on Wednesday, highlighting their major policy goals for the upcoming 2026 legislative session that begins in January.

The top agenda item for the session is the passage of a state budget that will outline how to spend roughly $15 billion in General Fund tax revenue over each of the next two fiscal years.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the retreat, GOP Senate President Robert Stivers of Manchester countered the opinion of a House Republican leader who argued last month the legislature should pass an income tax cut this session, despite the state missing the budget triggers for a half-percentage point cut this past summer.

“We set a policy and process, and when you set the policy

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