Residents of Oldham County need to make $3,004 every month to maintain a modest standard of living, making it the most expensive place to live in Kentucky.
Taxpayer contributions to Kentucky’s public pension funds in 2017 amounted to 78.7 percent of the total, the 12th highest ratio among the 50 states, according to newly released data by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Kentucky finished seventh lowest in the size of its state and local government operations, based on their share of the state’s gross domestic product, according to a 24/7 Wall St. analysis.
The funded ratio of the Kentucky public pension plans stands at 34%, according to a new analysis from the Tax Foundation based on fiscal-year 2017 data.