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Welcome to this week’s roundup of pension news across the country. This week, we’re highlighting the continued fight for retirement security in Alaska, the importance of pensions during times of economic uncertainty, growing concern over Alaska’s public workforce crisis, and…
After Historic Progress, Alaska’s HB 78 Fight Is Not Over For the first time since Alaska closed its defined benefit pension system nearly two decades ago, a bill to restore pensions for public employees cleared both chambers of the Legislature…
When markets are calm, it can be easy to forget how fragile retirement security has become for millions of Americans. But in periods of economic uncertainty, the weaknesses of a retirement system that depends heavily on individual savings accounts become…
Welcome to the latest 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.…
Welcome to the latest 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.…
NPPC Highlight Oklahoma public employees and retirees spoke up—and lawmakers listened. After proposals threatened to skip or redirect payments to TRS and other public retirement systems, advocates urged lawmakers to protect pension funding. The result? Oklahoma protected dedicated TRS funding,…
This legislative session, Oklahoma public employees and retirees faced a familiar threat: proposals to skip or redirect payments intended for the Teachers’ Retirement System and other public retirement systems to fund unrelated priorities. They had seen this playbook before and…
Welcome to the latest 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.…
Welcome to the latest 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.…
NPPC Highlight Modernization or Monetization: 2026 Pension Opposition Watch Who profits when public pensions are weakened? Our latest blog by NPPC Executive Director, Kendal Killian, takes a closer look at the financial firms, policy networks, and industry-backed groups working to…
Public pension systems in the United States provide secure, stable retirement benefits for public servants who spend their careers serving us as teachers, firefighters, first responders, and social workers. Defined benefit pensions are the bedrock foundation of public service, as…
Welcome to the latest 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.…