UPDATE: Still no agreement on state spending plan

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Kentucky lawmakers still have not reached an agreement on a two-year state spending plan.

House and Senate leaders had hoped to have a deal by midnight Monday. That would have given the legislature time to override any potential vetoes by Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. But leaders ended budget talks shortly after 10 p.m. Monday with plans to resume Tuesday morning.

Democratic House Speaker Greg Stumbo said the two sides are growing farther apart. He blamed the poor negotiations on Bevin, saying he was interfering with the process.

Bevin told reporters everything was negotiable. He said Stumbo had changed the tone of the negotiations by telling reporters they were unlikely to agree to a budget this year that could result in a partial government shutdown.

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