Miners’ Pensions A Major Part Of Spending Debate
Retired union coal miners are joining teamsters, iron workers and other union retirees in an effort to shore up their ailing pension plans, and they hope the ticking clock on a government spending bill...
View ArticleIn Year-End Address, Bevin Warns Of Looming Budget Cuts
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin says the state will undergo a round of spending cuts in the upcoming legislative session to set aside more money for the struggling pension systems amid sluggish revenue...
View ArticleDespite Delays, Lawmakers Say Pension Bill Will Emerge Soon
Lawmakers are still working on revisions to a massive bill that would overhaul the state’s pension systems, but push-back from public employees and a statehouse sexual harassment scandal have slowed...
View ArticleNew Pension Proposal Unlikely Ahead Of Bevin’s Budget Address
A month ago, Republican leaders of the state legislature said they hoped to pass major changes to the state’s pension systems within the first two weeks of the legislative session. The first two weeks...
View ArticleKentucky Politics Distilled: Hoover Saga Continues, Medicaid Waiver Approved
This week, the state legislature continued to preoccupy itself with a sexual harassment scandal in the House of Representatives. After saying he would resign, and then he wouldn’t, Rep. Jeff Hoover...
View ArticleKentucky AG Office Rules Bevin Must Release Pension Analysis
Kentucky Democratic Attorney General Andy Beshear's office has ruled that Republican Gov. Matt Bevin's administration should release to the public a document showing how much Bevin's pension reform...
View ArticleKentucky Democratic Party Responds to Pension Letter
The Kentucky Democratic Party says pension reform shouldn’t come from a demand letter by wealthy Republican activists. The Lexington Herald-Leader first reported that in the letter to members of the...
View ArticleKentucky Lawmakers Say New Pension Bill Is Coming This Week
Republican leaders of the state legislature say a new proposal to overhaul the state’s public retirement systems will be unveiled later this week. Kentucky’s pension systems are among the worst-funded...
View ArticlePension Bill Won't Include Mandatory 401(k)-Style Plan
An overhaul of one of the country's worst-funded public pension systems will not include a mandatory move to a 401(k)-style plan because Kentucky legislative leaders say it would not save enough money....
View ArticleNew Kentucky GOP Pension Bill Diverges From Bevin Plan
A new proposal to overhaul Kentucky’s public pension systems has been filed in the state Senate. Though full details of the proposal hadn’t yet been unveiled by Tuesday evening, Senate Republican...
View ArticleGOP Pension Bill Tweaks Kentucky State Worker Benefits, More Changes For...
Under a new Republican proposal to overhaul Kentucky’s pension systems, most state workers hired since 2014 would no longer get a guaranteed return on their retirement investments in the event of a...
View ArticleWarren County Teacher on Pensions: 'We Are Watching and We Vote'
Teachers across Kentucky are giving mixed reviews on a new plan to reform the state’s retirement systems for public sector workers. One Warren County teacher credits lawmakers for making compromises,...
View ArticleKentucky Politics Distilled: A Pension Bill Finally Emerges
This week at the state legislature, a new bill overhauling the public pension system was finally filed and it’s a lot different from the proposal made by Gov. Matt Bevin last fall. But, it still...
View ArticleBill Cutting Teacher Benefits Advances in Kentucky
A bill cutting benefits for retired public school teachers has cleared a key hurdle in the Kentucky legislature despite protests from educators chanting "vote them out!" The Senate State and Local...
View ArticleNo Vote On Pension Bill As Teachers, State Workers Protest
After teachers and other public workers descended on the state Capitol Friday to protest a bill overhauling Kentucky’s pension systems, the state Senate decided to not take a vote on the measure....
View ArticleKentucky Politics Distilled: Pension Bill Derails
This week in Kentucky politics, the state Senate decided to not vote on a controversial pension bill as teachers and other state workers protested at the state Capitol. It’s unclear how the legislation...
View ArticleTeacher Discontent Swells in Kentucky Over Proposed Cuts to Benefits
Teacher Jessica Page was showing her central Kentucky elementary school students how to play the recorder last Friday while fearing the worst from state Senate deliberations in the capital city:...
View ArticleAccusations Fly, Tensions Rise As State Lawmakers Tweak Pension Bill
After Republican leaders of the state Senate scrapped a critical vote to change retirement benefits for public workers last week , it’s unclear when or if the legislation will come back up for a vote....
View ArticleKentucky Senate Leader Says Pension Bill Unlikely To Pass This Session
The leader of the state Senate said there is a “limited and difficult path forward” for the Republican plan to overhaul the state’s pension systems because there isn’t enough support among lawmakers....
View ArticleBevin Calls Teachers ‘Selfish’ And ‘Ignorant’ For Pension Protests
Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin called teachers who oppose the Republican plan to overhaul the state’s pension systems “selfish,” saying it was “bizarre” that they would protest the proposal to cut their...
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