• HOME :
  • NEWS :
  • KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL CHALLENGES NEW PENSION-REFORM LAW, FILES SUIT AGAINST GOVERNOR

Kentucky attorney general challenges new pension-reform law, files suit against governor

APRIL 12, 2018 | by Tom Loftus, Morgan Watkins | USA TODAY

By Tom Loftus and Morgan Watkins, includes “Attorney General Andy Beshear' lawsuit claims the bill violates an 'inviolable contract' within state law that protects the retirement benefits granted a public employee at the time the employee was hired. He also charges that the Legislature violated parts of the Kentucky Constitution and state laws in the rushed process that saw the 291-page bill go from its unveiling to final passage in less than nine hours March 29.”
 

VIEW LESS