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Governor Wants Special Session On Pension Reform

6:12 PM Thu, May 29, 2008 |
Mark Hebert

Governor Beshear is ordering state lawmakers to try and reach agreement on a pension reform bill in the next three weeks. If that happens, Beshear says he'll call a special legislative session in June to deal with the issue that he calls "The Growing Storm."

Here's the story I did for the 5:30 news tonight.

If legislators and the governor can agree on some sort of pension plan, it would give all of them a much needed political boost. After the unproductive 2008 session of the Kentucky legislature, Beshear's job approval rating is below 40% while the public's approval of the legislature is worse, just 22% job approval, according to a Lexington Herald-Leader poll.
The meetings to hammer out a pension bill will begin with House and Senate leaders next Tuesday.




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