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Ron Mills, the former director of the state Division of Mine Permits, said he was fired from that post at the behest of Gov. Steve Beshear because he refused to approve permits that didn't comply with the law.
Gov. Steve Beshear says this is a bad time to be talking about tax reform because it would mean higher taxes for some Kentuckians, and he doesn't want to go there in the middle of a recession.