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Today’s post was written by the Texas Pension Coalition’s Keegan Shepherd. Public pensions have been an integral part of the Lone Star State for a long time. The Teachers Retirement System of Texas (TRS)—one of the twenty largest pension systems…
In 2019, we explored the history of public pension systems in Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Kansas. These plans were fraught with years of underfunding and legislative tax breaks and subsidies to corporations. In recent years, lawmakers in these states have tried…
Throughout the last few months, we have explored the history of several states and their pension funds including Kentucky, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Each of these states’ pension funds can speak of their successes when bolstering communities through economic investment and…
When it comes to preparing for one’s golden years, retirees are often left on the hook for figuring out how to afford basic necessities in retirement. One tool, however, can help retirees understand their future budgets. The Elder Index is…
Welcome to today’s 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. Here…
As of today, we are 257 days away from the 2020 presidential election. This election will have the potential to affect the retirement security for millions of Americans. Below we’ve outlined the retirement security plans of all the major presidential…
This Friday is Valentine’s Day (or Anna Howard Shaw Day for those who celebrate other events on February 14). To celebrate, we asked retired public employees to share why they love their pensions. We’ve compiled some of our favorite responses…
Throughout the winter, 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=F1EpB7LBEqM”]
Anti-pension ideologues will often use the same false attacks on pensions and retirement security for public employees. Today we’ve compiled three common misconceptions about pensions and explained why they are false. 1. Retired public employees automatically receive cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs)…
Welcome to the latest edition 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. Here…
Yesterday Good Jobs First (GJF), a non-profit, non-partisan research center focusing on economic development accountability, released new reports showing how states give away millions of dollars in corporate tax breaks and subsidies each year and comparing that with the cost…
A new study from the University of Massachusetts’s Gerontology Institute evaluated the gap that exists for retirees who live between poverty and having just enough income to cover their necessary expenses. Retirees in several states face an uphill battle when…