August 26, 2025
Equable Institute has issued Retirement Security Policy Scorecards for California Assembly Bill 1383 (AB1383). As amended on April 11th, 2025, the bill would the proposed […]
July 15, 2025
Today, Equable Institute released the 2025 edition of its annual report, State of Pensions. The report, State of Pensions 2025: America’s Pensions are Surviving, Not […]
July 15, 2025
The Fragility of Public Pension Systems In April 2025, financial markets experienced a sudden and sharp decline, triggered by the Trump administration’s aggressive tariff proposals. […]
June 11, 2025
The latest issue brief from Equable Institute reveals that rising teacher retirement costs driven by pension debt are placing significant financial pressure on K–12 school […]
June 11, 2025
Equable Institute’s recent issue brief on education funding cuts driven by growing teacher retirement costs identified several key problems states and school districts face as […]
May 13, 2025
Equable Institute has issued a Retirement Security Policy Scorecards for Alaska House Bill 78 (HB78). As amended on May 7th, the bill would create an […]
May 12, 2025
Equable Institute has issued a Retirement Security Policy Scorecards for Florida House Bill 945 and Senate Bill 1126. The bills would modify the existing pension […]
April 14, 2025
Last week, Equable released an issue brief estimating the total losses of the Top 25 pension investment funds in 2025 (through April 8th), following the […]
April 14, 2025
Today, Equable Institute issued complementary briefs on two important pension issues facing the state of Illinois. The first brief assesses proposed improvements to Tier 2 […]
April 9, 2025
State and local pension funds are not immune from the recent global financial market chaos resulting from the Trump administration’s recently announced tariffs. On April […]
March 27, 2025
With $26 billion in unfunded liabilities and inadequate benefits for workers, it is undeniable that Mississippi needs to improve how it manages the Mississippi Public Employees […]
February 25, 2025
Mississippi is considering changes to its retirement plan provisions for the Mississippi Public Employees Retirement System (MSPERS), as presented in Senate Bill 2439. The bill, […]
February 24, 2025
The Retirement Security Report Policy Scores (RSR Policy Scores) are an analysis of proposed legislation that would substantially change public sector retirement benefits, using the Retirement Security Report (RSR) methodology. All […]
February 24, 2025
On Jan. 5, 2025, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, that eliminated the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). This […]
January 28, 2025
Equable Institute has released a new brief showing a relationship between the state’s investment in teacher retirement and the percentage of disconnected youth in Connecticut […]
January 8, 2025
The funded status for state and local pension plans improved in 2024, propelled forward by solid financial market performance. Yet, public pension plans are still […]
November 14, 2024
RELEASE: CT’s Teacher Pension Financing Reinforces Inequity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT:
[email protected] [email protected] November 14, 2024 —Equable Institute has released a report highlighting how […]
July 16, 2024
State and local governments paid a record amount into their public retirement systems in 2023 — 30.4% of the salaries paid to public workers, or […]
July 16, 2024
Today, Equable Institute released the 2024 edition of it’s annual report, State of Pensions. The report, State of Pensions 2024: The Hidden Cost of Pension […]
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