Beshear To Push For Expanded Gambling

{Louisville, Kentucky}...At the annual Kentucky Farm Bureau convention in Louisville Thursday, Governor Steve Beshear announced he will renew his push for expanded gambling when Kentucky lawmakers reconvene in January for their 2012 session. Beshear says expanded gambling revenues would be an important supplement to state tax collections that have slumped amid the economic downturn. Beshear pushed for expanded gambling during his first term, but it failed to pass in the General Assembly. Beshear suggested he’s willing to shape the legislation into whatever workable form can muster support from a majority of lawmakers.