{"id":18276,"date":"2018-03-15T04:53:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T08:53:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=18276"},"modified":"2018-03-24T19:52:02","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T23:52:02","slug":"stalled-pension-bill-faces-difficult-path-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/03\/15\/stalled-pension-bill-faces-difficult-path-ahead\/","title":{"rendered":"Stalled Pension Bill Faces Difficult Path Ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2018\/03\/15\/stalled-pension-bill-faces-difficult-path-ahead\/robert-stivers\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Robert-Stivers.jpg?fit=300%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,417\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1406208350&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Robert Stivers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Robert-Stivers.jpg?fit=300%2C417&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Robert-Stivers.jpg?resize=216%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18277\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Robert-Stivers.jpg?resize=216%2C300&amp;ssl=1 216w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Robert-Stivers.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><br \/>\nThe top leader in the Republican-led Kentucky Senate is sounding increasingly pessimistic about prospects for a bill to overhaul the state&#8217;s public pension systems.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Senate President Robert Stivers told reporters Wednesday (3\/14) that the bill faces a &#8220;very limited and difficult path forward&#8221; in the remaining days of this year&#8217;s regular legislative session. The bill has stalled as thousands of teachers across Kentucky have mobilized to defeat it.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal would cut benefits for some retired teachers while making structural changes some lawmakers say are necessary to save the retirement system from collapse. Supporters tout it as a way to reap an estimated $3.2 billion in taxpayer savings over the next 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>Stivers says the consequences will be serious for local governments and their pension obligations if the measure fails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The top leader in the Republican-led Kentucky Senate is sounding increasingly pessimistic about prospects for a bill to overhaul the state&#8217;s public pension systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18276","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry","8":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-4KM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 20:03:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18276"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18278,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18276\/revisions\/18278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}