What's on tap in the Kentucky legislature? Pensions, taxes and anger
FRANKFORT, Ky. – In 2019 the General Assembly will try pension reform again, and again it won't be easy.
Lawmakers are likely to fix parts of the big tax bill they rushed through last year. But don’t expect comprehensive tax reform.
And they may approve a way to pay for charter schools, though that measure might be restricted to paying only for charters in big districts, perhaps just Jefferson County.
Those issues and others will be on tap when restive lawmakers convene Tuesday in regular session. Majority Republicans are mad at a judiciary that struck down last year's pension bill. But they may be madder at Gov. Matt Bevin, who blasted them last week in a press release that accused them of “weak” and “hollow” excuses for adjourning a sudden special session he called last month to try to pass a pension bill.
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