<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/stories/new-state-budget.html" dsn="news"><hide/><featured/><pubDate>05/03/2022</pubDate><title>New state budget makes historic investment in higher education</title><description>The state’s landmark biennial budget, passed in April, makes the largest investment in higher education Kentucky has seen in decades. We broke down where the money is going, from performance funding to research support to building updates and new construction.</description><image><img src="/_resources/images/kycapitol-rss.jpg" alt="Kentucky Capitol"/></image></item>