Pro-business groups have their ideas on what they want state lawmakers to consider when that 60 day legislative session begins in just a month.

The Chamber of Commerce representing Louisville, called Greater Louisville Inc, hosted a legislative preview event this week in the Derby City to hear from top Republicans on what's top of mind for them.

Our June Leffler covered the event and has this report.

Louisville's chamber shared its 2026 legislative agenda with business leaders and state lawmakers this week.

Greater Louisville, Inc.

is asking lawmakers to fund a marketing campaign to bring workers to the state.

Kentucky does a great job at really marketing itself for tourism and economic development, but there's never been a specific, you know, initiative for people to get people to move here.

Lawmakers suggest there is untapped talent already in the state, including those currently incarcerated.

Now, that's going to take you business leaders taking a chance on some people.

But he's got literally a captive audience that's going to show up to class and learn a skill and be trained.

Same goes for immigrants in Kentucky, especially Cubans in Louisville.

Because if they don't get through the system, then they start going underground.

And that that is a very good potential for a workforce.

And working through these dynamics and problems with the immigration system is something that this city and the university could be a huge help in.

The Senate president suggests something that has long frustrated lawmakers is also a talent deterrent.

Jefferson County Public Schools.

This may make some people mad, but I've run into two major employers here in Louisville that brought people in and talked to me.

That says one of the reasons we can't attract high quality people to our area is our public school system.

Onto the income tax.

Though the state did not meet revenue and spending benchmarks to trigger another cut.

One House Republican is pressing the issue.

We measure our trigger in the summer, and we do that because taxes are due April 15th.

They were not due April 15th.

This year they were due November the 3rd.

But if you measured it in any real way, any fair way, which is how much did Kentuckians pay in the last fiscal year?

We did not miss the triggers.

Exactly how lawmakers get to 0% is a point of debate, even within the majority party, and didn't miss it by a lot, but it still technically didn't hit the formula.

Which we have to make sure recurring revenues exceed recurring expenses.

But my plan is to budget for the next two years on the revenue forecast that we have to hopefully be able to hit the trigger next July and the follow in July.

I'm going to advocate to reduce it every chance I possibly can see an opening, and if we don't.

But if we don't do that, I do think the being being very disciplined in our budgeting is is the way forward.

This year, lawmakers passed policy for this exact situation.

New law says lawmakers can reduce the state income tax by smaller increments when economic triggers aren't met.

However, the law goes into effect next year.

Of course, lawmakers make the rules and they can change them.

For Kentucky Edition, I'm June Leffler.