Governor Andy Beshear signed a tax cut in Kentucky.
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Real Time with Bill MaherOct 24, 2026
Multiple sources confirm Gov. Andy Beshear signed Kentucky tax cuts, including an AP-reported income tax cut in February 2023, a further income tax cut in February 2025, and a 2026 executive order cutting the state gas tax by 10 cents.
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… That's something you'll bet on. You're gonna cut it in half. Right now, you've got states where gas starts with the three, your first hundred and 50 grand tax free, no state income tax. Actually, that's something we probably agree on. Andy just signed a tax cut in Kentucky. I agree with that. We're gonna have that here. We're gonna clean up the streets, finally, in California. We're gonna end mass homeownership and also the regulations, so you can build shit in your yard, like, and not have to go through the insane regulations. …
Real Time with Bill Maher · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP (tier 1) reports Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a Republican-backed bill lowering Kentucky's individual income tax rate on February 17, 2023.[1][5]
Supports. WKMS reports Beshear signed into law another reduction to Kentucky's individual income tax, cutting the rate from 4% to 3.5%, in February 2025.[6][7]
Supports. Beshear's primary executive orders declare a state of emergency and cut the state gas tax by 10 cents per gallon effective May 11, 2026.[2][3][4]
Context. The post's 'just signed' suggests a recent signing around October 2026, which no source shows; the extracted claim drops that recency qualifier, so it is graded on the general claim.
Sources
7 sources: 1 fact-checker, 3 primary, 3 not rated
- 1Democratic governor signs GOP-backed tax cut in Kentucky | AP Newsapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2ANDY BESHEAR GOVERNOR EXECUTIVE ORDERdrive.ky.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3ANDY BESHEARgovernor.ky.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4web.sos.ky.govweb.sos.ky.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 5Governor Beshear signs GOP-backed tax cut in Kentucky - LEX18lex18.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Beshear signs bill cutting Kentucky's income tax - WKMSwkms.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 7Economists question sustainability of Kentucky budget in wake of ...wcpo.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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- Andy Beshear is the Democratic governor of Kentucky.True
- Kentucky Governor declared a state of emergency on October 7, 2026, via Executive Order 667, which cuts the state diesel tax by 10 cents per gallon.Mixed
- The average Louisianan received a tax cut of $2,915 due to the working families tax cut bill.Mixed
- As Attorney General, Andy Beshear sued the Obama administration for regulations that hurt Kentucky.Can’t tell