Active and retired public employees across the country are stepping up and helping their communities in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Below, we share stories of how some of them are serving at this time. “I am a retired …
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Welcome to March’s first edition of This Week in Pensions! We have gathered the best stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous week. This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure retirement. …
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Today’s post was written by the Texas Pension Coalition’s Keegan Shepherd. Public pensions have been an integral part of the Lone Star State for a long time. The Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS)—one of the twenty largest pension systems …
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There are millions of state and local public employees across the U.S who are not covered by Social Security, and are banking instead on government pensions as a main source of retirement income. Researchers with the Urban Institute recently highlighted how these …
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Twelve years ago, the National Public Pension Coalition (NPPC) was established. In 2007, public pensions were under attack, and since then, we’ve seen many of the same anti-pension opponents continue to demean public employees and their hard-earned pensions. NPPC has …
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Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! We have gathered the best stories about pensions and retirement security from the previous two weeks. This is the news you need to know in the fight for a secure …
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