 Appalachian Wireless proudly brings you unlimited data. Unlimited data is only $80 a month for a single line. Four lines as low as $200. Better service? Bigger savings? That's today's Appalachian Wireless. An East Kentucky network company. Fiat Speed slow to 25 gigabytes per line to 512 kilobits for phones and tablets. And 15 gigabytes for motors. See store for more details. Former State Representative Lacy Colms said she was shocked when she heard about Governor Matt Bevin's proposed funding cuts in the budget he submitted yesterday evening, especially with one program she helped establish. Colms and several other mountain legislators helped author the Kentucky Cole County College Completion Scholarship, or K-4CS, for short. The program provides scholarships to students from coal producing counties working toward bachelor's degrees. In the Governor's proposed budget, K-4CS and numerous other education and health care programs had their funding cut for the next two years. I was devastated and shocked, but not just that one. I mean, that obviously is near and dear to me. They're close to, you know, a lot of work's been done by a lot of people, not just me, but it took us four years to put that in place. And let me tell you something. I had had many calls and many letters over the last couple of years since that's been in place. From students who've taken advantage of it, parents whose children have been able to take advantage of it, and not just in Eastern Kentucky, but in the western Kentucky Cole counties that were able to take advantage of it. Colms agreed with Governor Bevan that programs should be evaluated to eliminate waste, but she said vital programs that benefit many Kentuckians should not be cut. Provers need to be evaluated as to their efficiency and are they truly producing the results they need to be reproducing? Is there waste? Yes. I'm sure there is in several different areas. But let's determine that waste. Let's be serious about determining that waste. It exists and let's deal with it. But in the meantime, don't just cut it out until you know the answer to the question. Colms said she recognizes the state's budget problems and recognizes that new revenue streams must be found. She added, though, that the programs benefiting education and health care should not suffer during the budget process. Look at the other 69 programs. I mean, there are so many programs on that list that are so vital to the people in this state. I'm sitting here and I look at the list and I go, in all respects, what do you have against education, women, and children? Colms said she hopes the state legislature will give serious consideration to the consequences of Bevan's proposed cuts. In the newsroom, Chris Anderson, EKB News.