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More from #kyga17: Pension transparency bills book-ended busy session

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersJune 4, 20172017 General Assembly, Judicial Retirement System, KRS, KTRS, Legislative Transparency Pledge, Public Pension Oversight Board, SB 2, SB 3, Sen- Chris McDaniel, Sen- Joe Comment

Bluegrass Beacon: Giving unaffordable pension benefits an economically fatal practice

PensionsJim WatersMay 23, 2017Retroactive benefit enhancements, Separating CERS from KRS Comment

News Release: Bluegrass Institute Pension Reform Team responds to PFM pension report

PensionsJim WatersMay 23, 2017PFM report, Public Pension Oversight Board, Retroactive pension benefits, Sen- Jimmy Higdon Comments

BIPPS' pension testimony: It's the benefit structure that's the problem

PensionsJim WatersApril 18, 2017BIPRT, Defined Benefit System, Pension benefit structureComment

News Release: Confronting pension crisis calls for reforming benefits structure

PensionsJim WatersMarch 27, 2017Bluegrass Institute Pension Reform Team, Kentucky pension crisis, Public Pension Oversight Board, Retroactive Benefits Comments

News Release – Pension transparency: Elected officials who kept their word

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersJanuary 13, 2017BIPPS Legislative Pension Transparency Pledge, Kentucky General Assembly, Sen- Chris McDaniel, Senate Bill 3Comment

Pension python squeezing Kentucky’s economy

PensionsJim WatersDecember 1, 2016Ponzi scheme, Retroactive benefit enhancements, Unrealistic assumptions, Unsustainable benefits Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: Now is not the time for timidity

Election, PensionsJim WatersNovember 19, 2016Divided government, Gold Rush, HB 299, Legislative pension, Speaker Greg StumboComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Open government always in vogue

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersNovember 11, 2016BIPPS Legislative Pension Transparency Pledge, Melinda Hill, Rep- Jody RichardsComment

Bluegrass Institute News Release: Transparency a winning issue in Tuesday’s history-making election

Election, Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersNovember 9, 20162016 Election, Larry Brown, Legislative Transparency Pledge, Speaker Greg StumboComment

Bluegrass Beacon -- Change the culture of secrecy: Pledge transparency

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersOctober 30, 2016House State Government Committee, KERS, Legislative Pension Transparency Pledge, Public Pension Reform, Rep- Jeff Taylor, S&P Global Ratings, Walker ThomasComment

Bluegrass Institute urges legislators to support pension transparency

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersOctober 26, 2016BIPPS Legislative Pension Transparency Pledge, BIPRT, KRS 61-661, KRS 61-780, PPOB Testimony, S&P Global Ratings surveyComment

News release: Dozens sign Bluegrass Institute’s transparency pledge

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersOctober 19, 2016Legislative Pension Transparency Pledge, Pledge signersComment

Legislators, candidates invited to sign pension-transparency pledge

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersOctober 12, 2016Legislative Pension Transparency PledgeComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Transparency spawns taxpayers' trust

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersJune 27, 2016Kentucky Office of the Attorney General, KRS Board of Trustees, Oregon Public Employees Retirement SystemComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Teachers’ pensions and their sick-day pay

PensionsJim WatersJune 12, 2016JCPS teachers' salaries, KTRS, Public Pension Reform, Unused sick daysComment

Bluegrass Beacon: More pension funding means more accountability

PensionsJim WatersJune 4, 2016David Eager, Dr- Bill Smith, Gov- Matt Bevin, John Farris, Kentucky Government Retirees, KERS, KRS Board, KTRS, Pew Charitable Trusts, Tommy Elliott Comment

BIPPS op-ed: Pension transparency does not violate privacy laws

PensionsJim WatersMay 23, 2016Aaron Ammerman, KRS Board, Lexington Herald-Leader, Pension transparency, Senate BillComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Don’t know a lot about pensions? See a doctor

PensionsJim WatersMay 17, 2016Bill Smith, Dr, Gov- Matt Bevin, KRS Board of Trustees, Public Pension Oversight Board, Sen- Jimmy Higdon, William ThielenComment

Bluegrass Beacon: Voice for reform silenced yet still heard

Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersMay 6, 2016Chris Tobe, Future Shock Pension reform, HB 299, Kentucky Fried Pensions, Kentucky House State Government Commitee, Kentucky Roll Call, lowell reese, Rep- Brent Yonts, SB 2, SB 45Comment