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  • Women and Retirement: Some Things to Consider
    Women and retirement

    Women typically enter their golden years with less retirement income than men. According to a report last year from the National Institute on Retirement Security (NIRS), women are 80 percent more likely than men to be impoverished at age 65…

  • Retirement Savings Struggles for Low-Income Workers
    Saving for retirement

    It’s well-known that low-income working Americans struggle to save for retirement and have less retirement income than middle-class and wealthy Americans. It shouldn’t be this difficult. The main goal in retirement planning is to achieve what the experts call an…

  • An Update on Secure Choice Retirement Savings Plans
    Secure Choice retirement savings plans

    We first discussed Secure Choice plans back in March of this year. At the time, Congress was moving forward with repealing Obama-era regulations that would have made it easier for states to establish these plans. Unfortunately, Congress passed and President…

  • The Trump Administration Continues to Weaken Retirement Security
    Trump federal pensions

    As we’ve documented before, the Trump administration has taken multiple actions that will weaken the retirement security of working families. From attacking the pensions of federal employees to hindering the work of states to enact Secure Choice savings programs, the…

  • This Week in Pensions: August 18, 2017

    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…

  • This Week in Pensions: August 11, 2017

    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…

  • Public universities offer superior retirement for professors
    university professor retirement

    University professors are typically regarded as having one of the most desirable jobs in the country. Pay is usually high, benefits are good, and if they have tenure, then professors have excellent job security. Despite these benefits, professors still rely…

  • The Assault on the Retirement Security of Federal Employees Continues
    Assault on retirement security of federal employees

    As we’ve discussed before, President Trump proposed devastating cuts to the retirement benefits of federal employees in his 2018 budget request. This far-reaching and unnecessary attack would undermine the retirement security of current and future federal employees. While Trump sticks…

  • The “Pension Crisis” is a Myth, Part Two
    pension crisis is a myth

    Since the Great Recession in 2008, warnings of an impending pension crisis have been splashed across the business pages of newspapers across the country. Despite these boisterous decrees, America’s public pension funds are stable. We explore the roots behind the…

  • Michigan Weakens the Retirement Security of Its Public School Employees
    Retirement security

    Yesterday Michigan Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation– SB 401– that weakens the retirement security of the state’s public school employees. This newly-signed legislation continues a long running saga of attacks on the pension benefits of Michigan’s public employees. While SB…

  • The “Pension Crisis” is a Myth, Part One
    public pensions

    Since the Great Recession in 2008, warnings of an impending pension crisis have been splashed across the business pages of newspapers across the country. Despite these boisterous decrees, America’s public pension funds are stable. We explore the roots behind the…

  • This Week in Pensions: July 7, 2017

    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…