The Northerner

Student’s perspectives on upcoming governor election

Kentucky's gubernatorial election was Nov. 5, 2019.

Noelle Horn, Assistant News Editor

November 4, 2019

Editor’s Note: Taylor House uses ze/hir pronouns. Taylor House, fifth-year music composition and statistics double major Voting: Andy Beshear Taylor House is making the hour-long trip to hir hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to vote for Andy Beshear. “He’s not Matt Bevin,” House sai...

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Gov. does not call pension reform session, cites House scandal

Gov. Matt Bevin said he will not call a special session on pension reform before the end of the year. At an event in Erlanger on Oct. 25, Bevin said such a session

Sam Rosenstiel, Copy Editor

December 26, 2017

Gov. Matt Bevin said he may not call a special session for state lawmakers to discuss pension reform, according to the AP.

Tags: AP, governor, Kentucky, Kentucky House, Matt Bevin, pension, pension reform, state government

Amand: Pension costs “biggest hurdle” for NKU budget

Interim Pres. Gerard St. Amand said that pension contributions have increased in the last decade, but benefits for employees have not.

Sam Rosenstiel, Copy Editor

November 8, 2017

"This is the biggest, biggest hurdle to anything that we can do to try to fix our budget situation, and for the state as a whole,” Amand said at a Board of Regents meeting Wednesday.

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