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  • This Week in Pensions: March 22, 2019

    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…

  • Kentucky lawmakers are at it again
    Kentucky public pensions

    Today’s blog post was written by NPPC Communications Director Andrew Collier. If you’ve been a reader of Defined Benefit since we started this blog, you’d know that some lawmakers in Kentucky have tried to dismantle public pensions several times. Last…

  • This Week in Pensions: March 15, 2019

    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…

  • Who is Chad Aldeman and why is he attacking pensions for teachers?

    If you happen to stumble across the website TeacherPensions.org, you might think it is a website advocating for the retirement security of public school teachers. You would be wrong. TeacherPensions.org is a project of Bellwether Education Partners, an “education reform”…

  • Pensions on Main Street
    Pensions on Main Street

    Public pensions are powerful economic engines for local communities, states, and the national economy. As the money in public pension funds is invested and as public pension benefits are spent by retirees, this creates economic activity that supports local jobs,…

  • This Week in Pensions: March 8, 2019

    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…

  • The California Supreme Court Upholds the California Rule
    California Rule

    Earlier this week, the California Supreme Court issued a major decision in a case regarding public pension benefits in the Golden State. Ruling in the case Cal Fire Local 2881 v. CalPERS, the court unanimously agreed to uphold the California…

  • Americans Recognize They Face a Retirement Crisis
    retirement

    Americans are facing a retirement savings crisis. The experts have warned about this for a while now. But do working families themselves recognize the growing crisis? The answer is overwhelmingly “yes” according to a new survey from the National Institute…

  • This Week in Pensions: March 1, 2019

    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…

  • What is the Equable Institute?

    It seems like there is always some new group attacking public pensions. When one group fades away, a new group pops up to take its place. One new group on the scene is called the Equable Institute. While the group…

  • What is Stress Testing and Why Does It Matter?
    financial stress testing

    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…

  • This Week in Pensions: February 22, 2019

    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…