Includes “… Democratic state Sen. Laura Kelly said the retirement system is now nearly 67 percent funded. This means if no new money were put in and no new employees were added, the fund would have 67 percent of all the money it needs to pay the debts it has acquired. "That's a safe zone, between 60 and 80 (percent)," Kelly said. 'It's an improvement over the past, so we're going in the right direction.' ...”