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  • Kentucky: a Historical Look at Public Pensions
    Attacks on pensions promote retirement inequality

    Over the last decade, Kentucky lawmakers have passed or attempted to pass all different types of pension legislation. Here at NPPC, we wanted to provide some historical context as to how Kentucky’s public pension systems ended up in their current…

  • Kentucky: A Historical Look at Public Pensions
    Attacks on pensions promote retirement inequality

    Over the last decade, Kentucky lawmakers have passed or attempted to pass all different types of pension legislation. Here at NPPC, we wanted to provide some historical context as to how Kentucky’s public pension systems ended up in their current…

  • Why Are Some Pension Employees Not In Social Security?
    retirement insecurity

    This week, we’re reposting a blog post from 2017 where we discussed why certain public employees do not receive Social Security. When most Americans begin to prepare for retirement, they count on Social Security to form the bedrock of their…

  • Share Your Story: Linda

    Throughout the summer, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_wvp9Y90Fg”]

  • Pensions in the Papers
    public pensions

    This week, we’re highlighting a few op-eds that our coalitions helped publish in their local papers during this year’s legislative session.  Public pensions boost Arizona’s local economies: This op-ed, written by Dora Vasquez, a former employee of the city of…

  • Share Your Story: Steve

    Throughout the summer, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3brCDS2r9o&feature=youtu.be”]

  • America Has a Retirement Crisis

    Today’s blog post is written by Andrew Collier, NPPC’s Communications Director. According to a recent National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS) report,  more than 75 percent of Americans are worried about their ability to attain and sustain financial security in…

  • Cash Balance Plans Could Make a Comeback
    pension-benefit-equation

    As state legislative sessions wind down across the country, some lawmakers are looking toward next year to introduce disastrous pension legislation. We here at NPPC think this is a good time to re-post a blog written by our former Program…

  • Share Your Story: Suzan

    Throughout the summer, NPPC will be sharing the stories of retired and current public employees, told in their own words. [youtube url=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieGgCiNM98I”]

  • Defined Benefit Pensions Continue to Provide Retirement Security

    This week, Andy Kiersz of Business Insider wrote an article about The Federal Reserve’s recently published report on household finances in the US. The report found that a staggering 26 percent of non-retired adults, regardless of age, have absolutely no…

  • Texas Legislature Provides “13th Check” to Retired Teachers
    retirement security

    This year’s legislative sessions have been a whirlwind for NPPC’s coalitions across the country. Our coalitions have done some great work by ensuring the protection of public employees’ pensions and making sure retirees can keep up with the cost of…

  • New Brief Finds Benefit Cuts Reduce Retention
    Pennsylvania-pension-workers

    This month, the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College released a brief entitled, “Do Benefit Cuts Encourage Public Employees to Leave?” Their findings indicate that benefit cuts to current employees cause employees to leave the public sector for private…