Pension transparency bill passes House committee overwhelmingly
The House State Government Committee passed Senate Bill 2 Thursday, a bill to bring additional transparency and oversight to the state’s retirement systems, with overwhelming…
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Budget crafted by House Democrats restoring higher education cuts passes out of committee
The House Appropriations and Revenue Committee passed a version of the budget Tuesday evening that would restore cuts made to higher education and funds pensions…
House GOP propose their own budget focused on pensions and education
UPDATED: Ahead of the unveiling of a new two-year budget proposed by the House Democratic majority Tuesday afternoon, the House Republican caucus announced their own…
House GOP puts forth plan to fund pension systems without borrowing money
UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Noting the significance of the state’s pension crisis, the House Republican Caucus announced their plan to shore up the state’s retirement systems…
Bowen reaffirms call for more pension system transparency
Responding to a letter from the Kentucky Retirement System, Sen. Joe Bowen doubled down on his call for more transparency and oversight of the state’s…
Kentucky Chamber Launches Awareness Campaign on Pension Crisis
On Monday, the Kentucky Chamber unveiled a statewide campaign aimed at educating Kentucky’s citizens about the impact the state’s public pension crisis is having on…
Kentucky’s public pension crisis explained in under three minutes
The Kentucky Chamber has unveiled a statewide awareness campaign aimed at educating Kentucky’s citizens about the impact the state’s public pension crisis is having on…
Pension clean-up bills pass through House committee
The House State Government Committee passed three bills Thursday seeking to clean-up issues within the state’s retirement systems. House Bill 238, sponsored by Rep. Brent…
Senate’s priority pension bill passes committee unanimously
Senate Bill 2, a bill to bring more transparency and oversight to the state’s retirement systems, passed the Senate State and Local Government committee Wednesday…
Senate passes pension transparency measure
The state Senate passed a bill that would make former and current legislators’ retirement benefits information subject to open records requests with unanimous support Tuesday….