Financial health of Teachers’ Retirement System of Kentucky improves slightly

by JOHN CHEVES, [email protected] –  FRANKFORT — The Teachers’ Retirement System of Kentucky had 57.7 percent of the money it’s expected to need to honor its future pension obligations as of June 30, bringing its unfunded liabilities to $14.3 billion, the agency’s trustees were told Tuesday. The pension system’s funding level is up slightly from the previous…

Republicans want to keep major cases from judge who struck pension law

by Tom Loftus, Louisville Courier Journal – In the frenzied April 2 session of the Kentucky General Assembly, a bill almost slipped through that your Granny probably wouldn’t have liked. Wochit FRANKFORT – Franklin Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd’s order striking down the new Republican-backed pension law led to a lot of criticism from majority-party leaders, including…

Murray State Interim President Bob Jackson Talks Enrollment, Young Alumni, Dining, More

By MATT MARKGRAF –  Murray State University interim president Bob Jackson recently discussed with WKMS News Director Matt Markgraf on Sounds Good efforts to boost enrollment (2018-19 enrollment is 9,466 students) – including the military discount initiative and the Road Scholars Program, engaging young alumni, a new dining services partnership with Sodexo and the upcoming legislative session.

Lawmaker wants concealed guns in KY schools, colleges, bars and other banned places

by JOHN CHEVES, [email protected] –  Kentuckians who are licensed to carry concealed firearms could take them into places currently off-limits, including day-care centers, schools, universities, bars, government meetings and businesses that post “no guns” signs, under a bill pre-filed for the 2019 General Assembly. State Rep. Robert Goforth, R-East Bernstadt, said his bill would eliminate most…

Kentucky approves another rate increase for embattled Eastern Kentucky water district

by WILL WRIGHT, [email protected] –  After months of deliberation, Kentucky regulators approved a permanent rate increase Monday for an Eastern Kentucky water district plagued with long outages, financial mismanagement and reports of poor water quality. Customers of the Martin County Water District, dubbed the “worst water district in the state of Kentucky” by a state regulatory…