Over 2,500 KPERS ‘millionaires’ and $1.7 billion in pension payments published0

• Tax & Spending
• July 5, 2019

An Open Records request fulfilled by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) shows record-setting payouts in 2018 of $1.7 billion.   The number of KPERS ‘millionaires’ also set a new record, with 2,522 government retirees expected to receive more than $1 million in pension benefits over the first 20 years of retirement; that’s 188 more