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Educators top KPERS ‘millionaires’ list, system badly underfunded 0
- Tax & Spending
- June 15, 2020
Information provided by the Kansas Public Employees Retirement System (KPERS) shows school officials top the list of KPERS ‘millionaires’ — people who will collect at least $1 million in pension benefits during their first 20 years of retirement. But while government retirees are collecting generous pensions at taxpayers’ expense, the system’s unfunded liabilities are nearly
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Over 2,500 KPERS ‘millionaires’ and $1.7 billion in pension payments published 0
- 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
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