Will state employees have to return to the office? What will become of Gov. Andy Beshear’s pardon powers? This legislative session could decide.

The budget resolution passed by the U.S. House on Tuesday has the potential to hurt hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians.

House Republicans voted to pass a budget bill that, if signed into law, would cut federal funding for state Medicaid programs by more than $800 billion. The Democratic governor of ruby-red Kentucky believes that could prove politically costly for the GOP in the future.

The talk of deep federal tax cuts has some Kentuckians worried it could subtract money from Medicaid. Experts say one in four in the Commonwealth are on the health insurance plan. Now, advocates for the disabled and underinsured are calling for Kentuckians to call their congressman and protect Medicaid;

Democratic lawmakers said House Republicans voted to gut Medicaid Tuesday night despite providing little evidence to back up their claims.

To pay for it, the GOP is looking at making deep cuts with a large chunk expected to come from Medicaid. Beshear said the cuts will hurt the most rural parts of Kentucky.

What are Washington Democrats thinking when they attack former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin? No one knows who he is.

Louisiana, Kentucky, West Virginia and Arkansas were among 7 states with more than 25 percent of their population on Medicaid.

In its 60 years, Medicaid has swelled from a small program that provided medical care to poor Americans receiving cash assistance to the largest source of public insurance. It covers 72 million Americans, about one-fifth of the population. It pays for about half of all nursing care in the United States, and 40 percent of all births.

The budget requires the House Energy and Commerce Committee to cut $880 billion over the next 10 years. The committee oversees Medicaid.

Looming federal Medicaid cuts could shift a massive financial burden to state governments, potentially requiring them to make up between $700 billion and $1. 1 trillion in funding over the next decade,

Some Republicans have raised concerns about potential cuts to anti-poverty programs that their constituents rely on as they search for ways to pay for Trump’s legislative agenda.