 Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear says his plan to provide bonuses to essential workers got a chilly reception from Republican legislative leaders. The governor has proposed using $400 million of the state's stimulus money to provide bonuses to essential workers who have stayed on the job throughout the pandemic. How much those bonuses would be and who would get them is still to be worked out, but in the past Beshear has offered nurses, first responders, teachers and grocery, agriculture and factory workers as examples. In a letter sent 11 days ago, the governor asked Republican and Democratic leaders in the House and Senate to nominate members to a working group to hammer out the details. But during his coronavirus briefing on Monday, Beshear said that while Democrats submitted names for the committee, Republicans said no thanks. Here at Pikeville Medical Center's Hart and Vascular Institute, we have assembled a comprehensive team of cardiac specialists bringing expertise from all regions of the nation and the world. We have coupled that with cutting edge technology, providing them the best equipment and operating rooms available. The result is comprehensive cardiac care for the people of our region that is second to none. The Hart and Vascular Institute at Pikeville Medical Center. Yeah, it's certainly something I wish that they would have been willing to do. You know, if you rewind when these same individuals were saying I did not consult them enough during COVID, my response was we went through the normal process. We testified more than 70 times at committees. And the response was now we're looking for different type of consultation. Well, here we openly said, let's form a group, let's consult, let's make those decisions together. And the letter we got said you can go through our committee process. So it may say something about what type of politics has been playing then or now, but we are still going to move forward. Governor Bushier says he still plans to work with those members of the legislature who are willing to work with him.