Public employees pushed back Tuesday against escalating pressure from legislative leaders and the Fallin administration to accept changes to the state’s public employee retirement plans.
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This morning, Pew Charitable Trusts – which has jeopardized its credible reputation by teaming up with former Enron executive John Arnold to introduce pension-crippling plans all over the country – made an initial presentation to the Jacksonville Retirement Reform Task …
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Yesterday, the Jacksonville Daily Record reported that Pew Charitable Trusts is dropping into Jacksonville to promote their cash balance overhaul policies as a “solution” to the city’s pension problems.
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A proposal to alter Illinois’ public pension systems would significantly undermine the retirement security of teachers and other public-sector workers and create a new threat to the fiscal sustainability of the state’s pension systems, according to a new study
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In light of news surrounding Detroit’s bankruptcy filing, pundits and outside observers are already using the city’s fiscal woes as an opportunity to perpetuate the argument that public pension plans are unsustainable.
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According to a recent Capitolwire report, a new draft analysis by the Public Employee Retirement Commission (PERC) concludes that Governor Corbett’s 401(k)-style pension reform proposal would cost billions of additional dollars.
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