{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear and his wife, Jane Beshear, reported nearly $200,000 in income on their latest joint federal income tax return. Beshear publicly released the tax return on Friday, as he has done each year since he became governor. The Beshears' total income included his gubernatorial salary of just more than $129,000, plus $45,000 in dividends and $24,000 in Social Security benefits. The Beshears got a federal tax refund of $8,189. They reported $53,262 in total itemized deductions. The couple gave $17,799 to charities and checked two designated donation boxes on their state taxes: $2 each to the Kentucky Democratic Party and $10 for breast cancer research.
