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  • Gubernatorial Elections and Public Pensions, Part Three
    public pensions

    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…

  • Gubernatorial Elections and Public Pensions, Part Two
    public pensions

    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…

  • This Week in Pensions: October 5, 2018

    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…

  • Gubernatorial Elections and Public Pensions, Part One
    public pensions

    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…

  • How the Koch Brothers Steal Your Pension

    John Arnold and his cronies are the most well-known opponents of public pensions. John Arnold funds the work of the Pew Research Center, the Retirement Security Initiative, the Reason Foundation, and other groups who are attempting to eliminate public pensions.…

  • This Week in Pensions: September 28, 2018

    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 same old playbook: attacking the pensions of Washington Metro’s employees
    pension cuts

    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…

  • Most Americans Have No Retirement Savings
    No retirement savings

    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.…

  • This Week in Pensions: September 21, 2018

    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…

  • Oregon Must Protect Public Pensions

    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…

  • State Pension Update: Kentucky Pension Law Goes to Court
    Kentucky pensions

    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…

  • This Week in Pensions: September 14, 2018

    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…