Today, we will be re-sharing this blog post that was originally published on February 25, 2019. In the past few years, states have considered legislation that would require public pension plans to conduct financial stress testing. While we’ve mostly written …
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The term “defined-benefit” has been traditionally used as a synonym for “pension.” Increasingly, the term is being used to describe hybrid cash balance plans. While not wholly inaccurate, as we’ll explain, it is certainly misleading for employees and lawmakers to …
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In the past few years, states have considered legislation that would require public pension plans to conduct financial stress testing. While we’ve mostly written about Pew’s promotion of cash balance plans, Pew is also known for traveling to states and …
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We’ve written many times about the rushed and potentially unconstitutional process Kentucky legislators used to pass SB 151, the stinking anti-pension bill. While the battle is still playing out in the courts over whether the bill was passed constitutionally, we …
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Pew Charitable Trusts is a respected institution studying many different aspects of American life. Legislators, civic leaders, and everyday Americans rely on Pew for objective, high-quality data and analysis on various issues. So why is one small division of Pew …
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Today we are resharing a post from September 2017 about a report from Good Jobs First, a national nonpartisan organization that tracks economic development programs. Their report found that Kentucky gives away far more each year through corporate subsidies and …
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