Kentucky

Prosecutors: Budget cuts will bring furloughs

By John Stamper on State Government

State and county prosecutors are asking Gov. Steve Beshear to exempt them from a four percent budget cut that?s being contemplated to cope with a projected $456 million state budget shortfall. The Prosecutors Advisory Council, which is chaired by Attorney General Jack Conway and sets prosecutorial budgets, says elected prosecutors would be forced to either slash pay, layoff lawyers and support staff or mandate employees to take furloughs ? unpaid leaves of absence.