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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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RELEASE: CT’s Teacher Pension Financing Reinforces Inequity FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: sam@equable.org nicki@goodpolicypartners.com November 14, 2024 —Equable Institute has released a report highlighting how […]
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The State of Connecticut is subsidizing school districts by directly paying for all costs of teacher pensions. This Per Pupil Pension Subsidy allocates more dollars […]
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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 […]
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There are at least 21 state and local public pension funds that could be affected by the recently approved law forcing a sale of TikTok. […]
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A key feature of teacher pension plans is that they offer guaranteed income for life. But unless the purchasing power of that pension income keeps […]