The Latest: Senate President says Beshear will lose lawsuit

Republican Senate President Robert Stivers says a lawsuit against the state's Republican governor will fail because it was filed at the wrong time.

Stivers also noted that House Democrats included language in their budget proposal to prevent Bevin from cutting college budgets.

Attorney General Andy Beshear, also a Democrat, sued Bevin on Monday for cutting the budgets of state colleges and universities without asking the state legislature.

Kentucky's Democratic attorney general has sued his state's Republican governor, saying he overstepped his authority when he ordered budget cuts for state colleges and universities without legislative approval.

Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has proposed $650 million in state spending cuts over the next two years as part of a plan to begin paying down the state's public pension debt, estimated at more than $30 billion.