UPDATED: Bevin Says Teacher Protests Left Students Vulnerable To Sex Abuse,...
After thousands of teachers traveled to Frankfort on Friday to protest, Gov. Matt Bevin said that somewhere in Kentucky children were sexually assaulted or ingested poison because they were left...
View ArticleTeachable Moment: What Teacher Protests Portend For Schools, Labor And Elections
When Oklahoma teacher Sally Salmons saw momentum building toward teacher protests in her state, she immediately reached out to family ties and educators in West Virginia. She said teacher walkouts in...
View ArticleBevin Seeks To Disqualify Beshear In Pension Lawsuit
Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin’s administration is seeking to disqualify Attorney General Andy Beshear and his office from participating in a lawsuit filed last week over recent pension reform. The...
View ArticleJudge Denies Request to Remove AG from Pension Challenge
A judge has denied a request to have Kentucky's attorney general disqualified from taking part in a lawsuit challenging a new law making changes to the state's pension system. Media reports say...
View ArticleJudge: Lawmakers' Private Pension Meeting Broke The Law
A judge has ruled Kentucky lawmakers broke the law when they held a private meeting to discuss changes to the state's public pension system. The Kentucky House of Representatives held a closed-door...
View ArticleTwo Businessmen and a Retired Air Force Veteran Seeking GOP Nomination for...
Three Warren County Republicans are running for the southern Kentucky House seat held by Democrat Jody Richards since 1976. Ben Lawson, Troy Brooks, and Todd Alcott are seeking the GOP nomination for...
View ArticleJudge Questions Ky. Legislature’s Speedy Passage Of New Pension Law
During a hearing on Thursday, the judge presiding over the lawsuit against Kentucky’s new pension law questioned why state lawmakers were able to pass the measure out of the legislature in just one...
View ArticleKentucky Politics Distilled: Pension Battle Goes To Court
This week in Kentucky politics: the lawsuit over the new pension law was argued in court; Kentucky’s new commissioner of education laid out his priorities, which include helping charter schools open up...
View ArticleJudge Rules Kentucky Pension Bill Unconstitutional; Appeal Likely
A judge has struck down changes made to Kentucky’s pension systems earlier this year, ruling that lawmakers violated the state constitution by rushing the bill to passage in a matter of hours. The...
View ArticleBevin Again Attacks Judge After Ruling Against Pension Law
Gov. Matt Bevin says the judge who struck down Kentucky’s pension law is “not a very competent attorney,” predicting that the ruling will be overturned because the legislation “doesn’t do much.”...
View ArticleWKU Regents Approve Budget, Tuition Increase
The governing body of Western Kentucky University made a $388,000,000 decision on Friday. The Board of Regents approved a budget that will increase tuition and fees by four percent for the next...
View ArticleKentucky Politics Distilled: Pension Bill Struck Down
This week in Kentucky politics, a judge struck down Kentucky’s new pension law, saying legislators broke the law by rushing the bill to passage. Kentucky’s health secretary says the state will have to...
View ArticleKy. GOP Lawmaker: If Ruling Against Pension Law Upheld, ‘We’ll Come Back’
After last week’s court decision that struck down Kentucky’s new pension law, a Republican state representative says he’s confident legislators will pass a new version of the measure if the decision is...
View ArticlePension Problems: Lawmakers Warn Of Economic Fallout From Failing Pensions
United Mine Workers President Cecil Roberts fired up a crowd of thousands of union workers in Columbus, Ohio, with a simple chant: “Fix it!” The rally last week came on the eve of a Congressional field...
View ArticleKentucky Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Pension Case
The Kentucky Supreme Court has agreed to hear Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's appeal of an earlier ruling striking down changes to the state's struggling pension systems. Kentucky's Republican-controlled...
View ArticleBevin Criticized for Comparing Critics to Drowning Victims
Facing a groundswell of opposition from public workers for his proposed pension changes, Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin compared them to drowning victims on Tuesday in that "you just need to knock...
View ArticlePension Bill To Be Argued Before Kentucky Supreme Court On Thursday
The lawsuit against Kentucky’s new pension law will be heard by the Supreme Court of Kentucky on Thursday, pitting Kentucky’s two preeminent political rivals against each other and putting retirement...
View ArticleMiners Urge Congressional Action On Pensions And Black Lung Fund
Retired coal miners and coal community activists are on Capitol Hill this week urging action on two important issues for miners: pensions and black lung benefits. Advocates say funds supporting both...
View ArticleWarren County Teacher: Public Education on 'Shakiest Sand Ever'
A Warren County teacher is joining thousands of her colleagues from across Kentucky at the state Capitol Friday. Busloads of educators arrived in Frankfort to continue their activism, exercised many...
View ArticleKentucky Health Departments Eye Cutbacks As Pension Costs Skyrocket
Kentucky’s local health departments are facing massive increases in pension costs starting in July. And this, many of them say, could cause them to have to lay off employees, cut back or even close...
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