Lawmakers Scheduled To Convene

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Lawmakers are scheduled to convene Tuesday for a legislative session in which they will face issues, including proposals that would legalize casino-style gambling, redraw legislative and congressional district boundary lines, and craft a budget that will almost certainly require more cuts to government agencies and services. Governor Steve Beshear, who favors casino-style gambling in the state and has been pushing the issue for four years, says he expects a proposal to be filed in the Senate within days of the start of the legislative session. Beshear says Kentucky is losing hundreds of millions of dollars to neighboring states that allow casino-style gambling, and it could recapture some of that money for needs within its borders by offering the same kinds of gambling.