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Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! From renewed opportunities for pension restoration in Alaska to a successful election for pension advocates in Wyoming, public workers are turning their attention toward the legislative work ahead. We’re also…
Public workers and multi-union coalitions have spent years organizing to restore pensions, improve benefits and protect the retirement security they earned. On Tuesday, November 3, voters will choose many of the governors and legislators who decide the fate of that…
Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! This week, we’ve gathered stories about Larry Fink’s push for more data centers, one lawmaker’s plan to fix the housing affordability crisis with pension fund money, and the intense landscape…
“I do not have a pension to fall back on. It’s one of the reasons why people either have to hang on for extra periods of time, or why they leave state service.” Vicky O’Brien, APEA/AFT Member With just two…
Welcome to the latest edition of This Week in Pensions! This week, we’ve gathered stories about a pension bill veto in California, the race for the Governor in Alaska, developments in pension legislation in Michigan, and more. This is the…
The United States has nearly 5,000 independent state and locally administered retirement systems. Each system is administered by state and local officials elected into office by constituents, underscoring the critical importance of voter turnout in the midterm elections. Public pension…
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.…
Alaska Lawmakers Weigh LNG Tax Breaks After Governor Vetoes Pension Restoration In Alaska, lawmakers are back in Juneau for a special session focused on Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s top priority: a new tax structure for the proposed Alaska LNG megaproject. The…
Alaska Close observers of the United States public pensions landscape know that Alaska is the only state without a defined-benefit (DB) pension plan that guarantees a secure retirement for firefighters, law enforcement, and educators. To make matters worse, Alaska public…
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…
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.…