Remember the real meaning of Memorial Day.

#FlagDay

Eroding state funding for public education has resulted in KY teacher salaries failing to keep up with inflation. It's the same story with pensions, where new full-career retired teachers make $8,564 or 14% less in 2024 than they did in 2016. 1/2

Your 2025-2026 KRTA Officers!

Senate Republican leaders saw the impacts of the House bill's #Medicaid cuts and decided to make them even crueler. Policymakers should protect people's health care, not cut it.

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a massive budget and tax bill that will strip health care and food assistance from millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Kentuckians, while ensuring the wealthiest households benefit from a bounty of new tax cuts. 1/

Have a safe and happy Fourth!

We've seen a rise in calls reported to our helpline about Medicare impostor scams. Criminals pretending to be from Medicare. If you get an unexpected call from Medicare, hang up and report it to the AARP Fraud Watch Network at 877-908-3360.

Top 20 per student district wide, though impacts are much bigger because many of programs target specific students in need

As Kentucky kids head back to school, the funding gap between wealthy and poor school districts grew again last year to $4,247 per student. Adjusted for inflation, that's a 13.6% bigger gap than it was in 1990 when the state passed KERA to address insufficient school funding. 1/2

The FDA is warning the public not to eat, sell or serve certain Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart due to possible contamination with Cesium-137, a radioactive isotope. abcnews.link/G7aGep8

Kentucky public television announces layoffs in response to loss of federal funds kentuckylantern.com/briefs/kentuck…

It’s Fall Workshop time! Come join us on Wednesday, September 10, 2025 at the Barren River Lake State Park Lodge beginning at 9:00 AM Central time. Registration starts at 8:30. Immediately following lunch, there will be a TDRTA meeting. Hope to see you there!

$718m is equal to the cost of a half-point reduction in the state income tax, which lawmakers have enacted 3 times in the past 4 years. It’s time to shift from prioritizing our richest residents—the overwhelming beneficiaries of these tax cuts—and put our kids first.

The 2025 Fall Workshop has officially started!

The KRTA State President is encouraging everyone to let the community know all that your organization is doing. #BeGrateful #GiveBack

Dora Moore is providing an excellent Teacher Retirement System update! #TRS #2025FallWorkshop #BarrenRiverLodge

Go see the vendors at the #2025KRTAFallWorkshop. We are having a great time.

Great speakers are at the 2025 KRTA Fall Workshop as always!

TRS is aware of recent phishing emails purporting to be from TRS or state agencies. Be alert and refer to this TRS newsletter article. trs.ky.gov/news/watch-out…