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Sunday is Valentine’s Day. People all across the country will be giving chocolates and roses to the ones they love. Here at NPPC we love public pensions- and we know you do too! Pensions have everything you are looking for:…
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Spotlight on: Josh McGee 
Spotlight on: Josh McGee
It might not be on your calendar, but today is the first meeting of the Texas Pension Review Board this year. The PRB consists of seven members appointed by the governor to oversee public pension plans in the state. Recently,…
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New Hampshire Primary New Hampshire Primary
Today is the New Hampshire presidential primary. As in Iowa last week, presidential candidates of both parties have been canvassing the state hoping to win votes at the ballot box. Also like Iowa, New Hampshire public employees earn a defined…
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Did you know Peyton Manning has a pension? Did you know Peyton Manning has a pension?
Last night the Denver Broncos won Super Bowl 50. For Denver’s starting quarterback Peyton Manning, this was almost certainly his last game before retirement. Once Manning enters retirement, there is one thing he can count on: his defined benefit pension.…
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2016 State Outlook: Alabama 
2016 State Outlook: Alabama
[rwd imageid=’768′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/02/Alabama-Pensions.png’ alt=“Alabama State Pensions”] Alabama has strong public pensions. The Retirement Systems of Alabama manages assets of over $37 billion and annually pay out close to $3 million in benefits. RSA earns strong returns on…
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2016 State Outlook: Oklahoma 2016 State Outlook: Oklahoma
[rwd imageid=’765′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/02/Oklahoma-Pensions.png’] Oklahoma’s 2016 state legislative session starts today. Oklahoma has been in the news a lot recently for a couple of big problems: a teacher shortage and a revenue failure. Neither of those issues directly…
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The Inefficiencies of Existing Retirement Savings Incentives The Inefficiencies of Existing Retirement Savings Incentives
Last week I wrote about the book release of Retirement on the Rocks by Professor Christian Weller. In addition to being an economics professor at UMass-Boston, Weller is also a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. In October…
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2016 State Outlook: Virginia 2016 State Outlook: Virginia
[rwd imageid=’772′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/01/Virginia-NPPC-Pensions.png’] Virginia’s public employees have endured a couple rounds of cuts to their defined benefit pensions in the past several years. Most recently, in 2012, the Virginia General Assembly passed a law that forced new…
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2016 State Outlook: Missouri 2016 State Outlook: Missouri
[rwd imageid=’776′ small=’0′ medium=’600′ large=’1000′ src=’http://protectpensions.org/files/2016/01/Missouri-Pensions-NPPC.png’] Retirees and public employees in Missouri should feel good about the security of their retirement. Missouri’s public pensions are healthy and state politicians have largely avoided unnecessary, misguided attacks on pensions. Last year, the…
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The Star Wars Theory of Retirement The Star Wars Theory of Retirement
Last week, NPPC’s executive director Bailey Childers wrote on CNBC about the December 2015 jobs report. She talked about how the release of Star Wars: the Force Awakens accounted for thousands of new jobs, but those jobs aren’t likely to…
