"Kentucky’s pension records are not subject to the open records law," wrote Lowell Reese in Sunday's Courier-Journal "They are shrouded in secrecy." Reese, publisher of Kentucky Roll Call, also authored "Future Shock," a series of Bluegrass Institute reports on Kentucky's public-pension crisis.

The final of those reports offers 16 solutions for lawmakers to consider in fixing the pension system. No. 1 on the list: transparency.