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Special Session 2018 - HBs 1 & 2 as of first night

Dec 18, 2018 at 10:10 am by admin

http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/18SS/HB1.htm "Except as otherwise provided, repeal, reenact, and amend the following sections: amend KRS 6.505 to provide that the "inviolable c.... Read More

Will history repeat itself with a rush to fix pension crisis?

Oct 12, 2017 at 10:35 am by admin

It is becoming more and more apparent that a special session will be called by Governor Matt Bevin later this fall to deal with pension reform. Although we have a nearly four-.... Read More

State employees, teachers to take brunt of pension crisis

Sep 06, 2017 at 01:37 pm by admin

At a recent meeting of the Purchase Area Development District, a powerpoint presentation showed the levels of funding for the eight retirement programs run by the state. The o.... Read More

Concerns that bill to separate county retirement from state goes farther

Feb 27, 2017 at 11:06 am by admin

I am a retiree of the Kentucky Retirement Systems' County Employees Retirement System(CERS), having invested 40 years of service to my communities as a police officer and depu.... Read More

TIM LONGMEYER'S FALSE APOLOGY

Dec 12, 2016 at 03:41 pm by admin

Tim Longmeyer recently entered his third guilty plea arising out of the kickback of about $200,000 he received. The first was in federal court, then before the state executive.... Read More

Rep. Kay prefiles transparency bill for Kentucky Retirement System

Sep 21, 2016 at 02:46 pm by admin

FRANKFORT - Looking to better insulate Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS) from politics while making the agency more publicly accountable, state Rep. James Kay pre-filed legisl.... Read More

Nearly Half of Working Kentuckians Lack Access to a Retirement Account at Work

Aug 17, 2016 at 01:53 pm by admin

When it comes to a secure retirement many Kentuckians are in danger in part because they lack access to a retirement account at work that can help them save, new research by t.... Read More

KTRS pension bill clears House, heads to Senate

Mar 23, 2016 at 03:20 pm by admin

FRANKFORT--Legislation that would require the state to fund the Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System on an actuarially sound basis starting in fiscal year 2017 is on its way t.... Read More

Budge or Not to Budge - The Ky Budget Debate

Mar 03, 2016 at 03:17 pm by admin

Watching the Kentucky General Assembly in any budget session is a nail biting activity. No matter what party the participants belong to, crafting a budget is, even in best of.... Read More

Kentucky Education: Dumbing Down or Gearing Up for the Future

Sep 26, 2012 at 09:00 pm by admin

  Introduction Big Education, like big government, is broken. It doesn’t work anymore to do the right thing. The art and science of teaching in modern America is.... Read More

Kemp Opposes Republican Plan to Use Taxpayers’ Money

Sep 24, 2012 at 02:56 pm by admin

 Under No Circumstance Should Taxpayers’ Dollars Be Used to Fund Pensions for Part-Time Legislators   (Murray, KY September 17, 2012) – In a press co.... Read More

Legislative retirements - sweet and juicy

Aug 19, 2009 at 04:36 pm by admin

 Lowell Reese is playing his next round of whackamole with legislators in the second installment of his investigation of how sweet retirement can be – if only one.... Read More

Governor's plan: lure senators to exec for benefits

Jul 31, 2009 at 02:33 pm by admin

Wow. Lowell Reese has taken three weeks to come up with a post on his blog, but the result is well worth the wait. His analysis of how Governor Steve Beshear is working to get.... Read More