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Bevin takes ax to Beshear's executive orders
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Contributor | RP |
Last Edited | RP Dec 23, 2015 06:04pm |
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Author | Mike Wynn and Tom Loftus |
Media | Newspaper - Louisville Courier Journal |
News Date | Wednesday, December 23, 2015 04:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
Description | In his first major policy action, Republican Gov. Matt Bevin issued a series of executive orders Tuesday that shield religious county clerks – like Kim Davis – from being named on marriage licenses and roll back efforts by the Beshear administration that would have restored voting rights to thousands of ex-felons.
Bevin, who campaigned on conservative platforms during this year's heated race for governor, said in a statement that he was upholding his commitments to voters.
Among the five orders filed Tuesday, he also implemented a hiring freeze in state government, repealed Beshear's order raising the minimum wage for state employees and abolished the governor's employee advisory council. |
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