The elections that will be held on November 6th promise to be some of the most significant in recent years. All 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives are up for election, as well as 35 U.S. Senate seats …
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Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! As we do most weeks, 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 …
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Public employees of all stripes earn defined benefit pensions through their service to their communities. We frequently discuss teachers and firefighters, nurses and librarians, sanitation workers and police officers. Another group of public employees who earn defined benefit pensions are …
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We’ve discussed many times on this blog how the shift from defined benefit pensions to 401(k)-style defined contribution plans has decimated retirement security for a generation of working families. The true depths of the retirement savings crisis are quite alarming. …
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Today NPPC released a new report titled Oregon PERS Must Be Protected. The report considers the history of the Oregon Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) and the changes that have previously been made to it. The report then examines the …
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This week the Kentucky Supreme Court will hear the case regarding SB 151, the pension-gutting law that was hurriedly passed earlier this year. This case is an appeal of the ruling of Franklin County Circuit Judge Phillip Shepherd that struck …
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