Ohio, Ky. governors discuss airport, bridge

CINCINNATI (AP) — Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear say they’re creating a task force to determine how the states might help the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, where business has decreased in recent years.

Ohio’s Republican governor met Tuesday in Cincinnati with his Democratic counterpart from Kentucky. The Enquirer newspaper reports it was their first in-depth meeting since Kasich took office in January.

The pair say their priorities include determining how to fund a $2.5 billion replacement for a nearly 50-year-old Ohio River bridge that links Cincinnati and Covington, Ky. They’re considering public-private partnerships and aren’t ruling out tolls.

They also want their states to share information from prescription drug monitoring programs to help fight prescription drug trafficking. They say a pilot information-sharing program will start this summer.