UPDATED: Franklin Circuit to Rule on Furlough
UPDATE: Judge will not block furlough, but will allow suit to continue.
A group of state workers had filed suit to block the six furlough days Governor Beshear had ordered in order to save the state $24 million and avoid layoffs. Today the judge will rule on the suit after admitting yesterday that the Governor was granted the authority to furlough in the law.
However, to grant an injunction blocking the furloughs, Shepherd said he would have to find that Beshear broke the law. The General Assembly this year gave Beshear permission to do what he did, Shepherd said.
"The budget bill gives the governor extremely broad authority to enact a furlough plan," Shepherd said.
The first of the six furlough days will be Friday.
