Eastern Kentucky lawmakers lend ear to regions needs on post-session tour [Video]

FRANKFORT, Ky. (FOX 56) — On a lunch stop in Hazard, eastern Kentucky’s state senators met with Perry County’s local officials. It was one of many stops Tuesday from London to Whitesburg for lawmakers to specifically focus on eastern Kentucky’s wins this session and the work still left to do.

“Sitting down with different people in different counties, going through the things that are important to them, and then showing them the results of what we’ve just done in the last legislative session with our budgets and our policies,” Sen. President Robert Stivers (R-Manchester) told FOX 56.

The Clay County Republican is a powerful ear representing this region of the state, and this opportunity to break bread is also one for local leaders to stress some of the biggest priorities.

“A state-funded four-year university, access for people in Appalachia, is what would really take us to the next level of where we need …