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Bluegrass Beacon: Keep making the General Assembly great again

Bluegrass Beacon, PensionsJim WatersDecember 15, 20172017 General Assembly, Public Pension Reform, special sessionComment

Bluegrass Beacon - Clear the air: Reveal retirees’ benefits

Bluegrass Beacon, Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersNovember 26, 2017KRS, KTRS, Legislative pension transparency, Superintendents compensation Comments

Fixing pension problem requires all hands -- including those of beneficiaries -- on deck to insure 'this never happens again'

Media, PensionsJim WatersOctober 29, 2017Bluegrass Institute Pension Reform Team, Lexington Herald-Leader, Pension benefits structure, Prospective pension benefits Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: Pension plan cools, but freeze still needed

Bluegrass Beacon, PensionsJim WatersOctober 27, 2017Defined benefit, defined contribution, Harry Moberly, Legislative pensions, Public Pension Reform Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: Taxpayers deserve at least honorable mention in pension debate

PensionsJim WatersOctober 23, 2017kentucky retirement systems, Truth in Accounting Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: Merit pay for teachers merits consideration

Bluegrass Beacon, PensionsJim WatersOctober 20, 2017Merit pay for teachers, Pension benefits, Student performance, Supt- Teresa MorganComment

Bluegrass Institute responds to proposed pension plan

PensionsJim WatersOctober 18, 2017Pension transparency, Proposed pension policy, Retroactive benefit enhancements, TRS unused sick days Comments

Bluegrass Institute Pension Reform Team presentation in E'town tonight

PensionsJim WatersOctober 3, 2017BIPRT, Central Ky Tea Party, Dr- Bill Smith, PPOBComment

Pension wars arrive, but peace is possible

PensionsJim WatersOctober 1, 2017Bluegrass Beacon, Gov- Steve Beshear, PFM report, Sen- Chris McDaniel Comments

Bluegrass Institute Pension Reform Team presentation tonight in Northern Kentucky

PensionsJim WatersSeptember 28, 2017BIPRT, Dr- William Smith, Northern Kentucky Tea Party, Public Pension Oversight BoardComment

Report: Sound Solutions for Kentucky’s Public Pension Crisis

PensionsJim WatersSeptember 27, 2017Comment

Bluegrass Beacon: Legislators boost, judge busts liberty

Center for Open Govern..., Legal, Taxes, Transparency and Accou..., PensionsJim WatersSeptember 10, 2017Amish farmer Sam Girod, Eric Conn, FDA overregulation, Federal Judge Danny Reeves, JCPS Board open meetings case, Public Pension Reform, Tax refComment

News Release: Pension audit goes beyond the 'politically palatable'

PensionsJim WatersAugust 29, 2017BIPRT, Gov- Bevin, Pension benefits structure, PFM audit, PPOB Comments

Kentucky's pension crisis: The wrong question

PensionsJim WatersAugust 15, 2017Actuarial assumptions, Actuarial Integrity, Kentucky's public pension liability, Prospective pension benefits, Retroactive pension benefits Comments

Bluegrass Beacon: Actuarial integrity key to repairing pension bridge

PensionsAugust 4, 2017Actuarial Integrity, Bluegrass Beacon, Jim Waters, Pension reformComment

Bluegrass Institute pushes pension reform @ Georgetown

PensionsAugust 2, 2017Jim Waters, Pension reform, Speaking engagementsComment

Bluegrass Beacon: The due process of defining pension benefits

PensionsJuly 28, 2017Bluegrass Beacon, Jim Waters Comment

Bluegrass Beacon: Will there be a great pension freeze?

PensionsJim WatersJuly 9, 2017Pension freeze, Public Pension Oversight Board, Retroactive pension benefits Comments

Pension crisis on Louisville's 970 WGTK

PensionsJune 27, 2017Bluegrass Institute Pension Reform Team, Dr- William Smith, Jim Waters, Kentucky's pension crisis, media, radioComment