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As a New Governor Takes Office, Kentucky Pensions Still on the Brink
In March 2018, thousands of Kentucky teachers descended on the state’s capital to protest looming changes to their pensions: changes championed by the state’s controversial Republican Gov. Matt Bevin. “We’ll remember in November,” they chanted. In last month's closely contested governor’s race, they kept their promise.
December 10, 2019
Kentucky’s Supreme Court Voids Controversial Pension Bill
As the Kentucky Supreme Court voids a controversial pension reform bill, revisit FRONTLINE’s reporting on the state’s “Pension Gamble.”
December 13, 2018
PAAMCO Prisma Responds to Role in Kentucky Pension Crisis
PAAMCO Prisma said that it did what KRS asked it to do — and made the pension management system millions.
October 23, 2018
How States Have Tried To Close Their Pension Funding Gaps
In the last decade, states with a pension funding gap have tried different approaches to fixing the gap — mostly by passing the shortfall on to their employees.
October 23, 2018
WATCH: In Kentucky, Sewers, Pensions and Protests
Go inside the moment the fight over public pensions in Kentucky took a surprising turn in this scene from "The Pension Gamble."
October 23, 2018
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