April 29, 2020
On Monday, Good Jobs First (GJF), a non-profit, non-partisan research center focusing on economic development accountability, released another round of reports showing how states give away millions of dollars in corporate tax breaks and subsidies each year, money that could’ve …
October 9, 2019
For the second week of Retirement Security Month, we are highlighting a post from January 2019 on public pensions and rural areas. We’ve been talking a lot this month about the economic benefits of public pensions at both the state and national levels. Through …
August 14, 2019
Today’s post was written by Bridget Early, NPPC’s Executive Director. NPPC has worked hard this year to ensure public employee pensions are protected. NPPC’s coalitions across the country were successful in passing COLA legislation for retired public employees, shored up …
January 31, 2019
We’ve been talking a lot this month about the economic benefits of public pensions at both the state and national levels. Through the investment activities of the pension fund and the spending of pension benefits by retirees, public pension plans …
July 30, 2018
The fight to protect pensions is a national one, but the battles are fought state by state. NPPC works with state partners across the country to protect pensions from attacks by John Arnold, Pew, and their allies. Today we want …
November 16, 2017
Last month the Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 23,000 for the first time ever and closed at a record high. In the ninth year of an economic expansion following the devastating effects of the Great Recession, the financial markets have …
