America’s Hidden Education Funding Cuts
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Groundhog Day: The States That Keep Repeating Their Pension Mistakes
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Figuring out how to manage a public pension system is hard, complicated work. Pension board trustees have to juggle complex investment strategy, and make critical […]
Calm Amid the Chaos: Wisconsin’s Pension System and the 2008 Financial Crisis
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Download The Case Study | Calm Amid the Chaos: Wisconsin’s Pension System and the 2008 Financial Crisis Between September and December of 2008, as investors […]
Public Pension COLA Rates
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Inflation protection of retirement income is an important part of economic security. Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) are a typical way for states and cities to protect […]
National Survey on Teachers’ Retirement Perspectives 2019
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Download The Report | National Survey on Teachers’ Retirement Perspectives (PDF) The shortfall in funding for teacher pension systems has grown to around $700 billion […]
The Pension Basics Series
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Most public workers in America are enrolled in a pension plan. For those who work a full career in education, public safety, or other state […]
How Pension Contributions Work
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Have you ever wondered how pension contributions work? If you’re a public employee, you make monthly contributions from your paycheck. If you’re a taxpayer, the […]
Arizona’s Contribution Rate Just Keeps on Growing
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Download The Report | The Contribution Rate Keeps on Growing: Why Persistent Pension Debt Has Created Challenges for ASRS That Arizona Should Fix as Soon […]
Pension Funds Need to Meet Their Assumptions, Not Beat Their Benchmarks
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Three recent news stories highlight the need to have clear definitions of what success looks like for public pension investment returns. The news articles pointed […]
Where Are State & Local Workers Allowed to Join Social Security?
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Millions of state agency workers, municipal employees, and police and firefighters across the country do not participate in Social Security. There are 12 states that […]