Updates from the KPERS Study Commission – July 22, 2011

July 22, 2011

We’re also tweeting at @ProtectKPERS. Follow along there for more in-depth updates. 9:53 am — Friday, July 22, 2011 After a late start (around 9:20 am), introductions, the Commission is

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Agenda for July 22 KPERS Study Commission Set

July 22, 2011

The first of 10 likely meetings of the KPERS Study Commission begins this morning in the Old Supreme Court Room of the Kansas Capitol. We’ll be there keeping you up-to-date

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Summer Update: Appointments made to Study Commission; LCC budgets 10 meetings

July 8, 2011

KPERS Study Commission Appointments All appointments have been made to the KPERS Study Commission, which was authorized by the Senate’s KPERS package in the 2011 session, Senate Substitute for 2194.

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KMBC general manager fails to get facts straight on KPERS & Keeping the Kansas Promise responds

May 19, 2011

Over the last few days, KMBC — the ABC affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri — has been running a mis-informed, ideologically-driven editorial from KMBC GM Wayne Godsey regarding the Kansas

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Amended Senate KPERS bill headed to Governor

May 12, 2011

On Monday, May 9, 2011 and Thursday, May 12, 2011, the House and Senate, respectively, passed the conference committee report on Senate Substitute for HB 2194. After weeks of conference

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Tentative agreement reached in KPERS conference committee

May 4, 2011

A tentative agreement was reached today in the legislative conference committee for Senate Substitute for HB 2194 (“S Sub 2194″). The big wins in the tentative agreement are the absence

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House makes second offer in KPERS negotiations

May 3, 2011

At the close of legislative business on Tuesday, House negotiators had made their second offer — the third offer in five conference committees — to place the defined contribution provisions

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Conference No. 4: Senate makes counter-offer to House’s offer

April 29, 2011

Senate negotiators led by Sen. Jeff King (also Vice Chair of the Senate’s Select KPERS Committee) this afternoon made a counteroffer to the first House offer in conference on of Senate Substitute for HB 2194, or S Sub 2194. The Senate counter-offer is not perfect — it has good news and bad news.

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Wichita Eagle Editorial Board: ‘Don’t rush on KPERS’

April 28, 2011

A fiscal impact report issued this week should be required reading for House GOP lawmakers, Gov. Sam Brownback and others eager to switch the state’s pension system to a 401(k)-type plan.

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House makes offer on Senate’s KPERS bill

April 27, 2011

House negotiators led by Rep. Mitch Holmes today made an offer to Senate negotiators on Senate Substitute for HB 2194. House and Senate negotiators will meet again at 9 am on Thursday, April 28, 2011 to hear the Senate’s response to the offer.

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