Kentucky Supreme Court rules against Matt Bevin in pension open records case
FRANKFORT – The state Supreme Court has rebuffed the initial legal maneuver in the Bevin administration’s appeal of a court order requiring it to disclose a financial analysis of the governor’s original pension reform plan called “Keeping the Promise.”
On Friday, Chief Justice John D. Minton Jr. ruled that the Bevin administration’s emergency motion seeking an order from state appellate courts blocking immediate release of the controversial financial analysis was procedurally improper.
Minton’s ruling, which affirmed an order of the Kentucky Court of Appeals earlier last month, noted that other procedures are available to the administration if it seeks to keep the financial analysis confidential until the courts ultimately rule on whether it is a public record.
An actuary for Kentucky Retirement Systems created the analysis on the financial impact of Gov. Matt Bevin’s sweeping reform proposal of late 2017 to restore stability to Kentucky’s troubled pension systems.
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