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NCPERS News Clips
November 8, 2011
News Clips for November 8th, 2011
Brown to Public Employees: Work Until You Drop!
(blog thread) California Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to cut pension costs would force new teachers to work years longer before they could retire and give them substantially smaller pensions.
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NCPERS News Clips
May 31, 2011
News Clips for May 31, 2011
Manhattan Moment: Pension debate postmortem
On Monday, Economics 21 and the Manhattan Institute hosted a debate on pension accounting and reform, at which I was one of the panelists.
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NCPERS News Clips
May 24, 2011
News Clips for May 24th, 2011
Counties may be forced to reveal workers' pension payments
A ruling by a state appeals court orders Sacramento County's pension system to make public the names and pension pay for 8,500 retirees. L.A., Orange, San Diego and San Bernardino counties, among others, may have to follow suit.
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NCPERS News Clips
May 17, 2011
News Clips for May 17th, 2011
Tale of two pensions: A city manager and a high school history teacher
When the economy flourished a dozen years ago, communities like Santa Cruz statewide enriched their retirement packages. Now they are paying for it as the nation struggles to get back on its feet after a prolonged recession.
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NCPERS News Clips
May 10, 2011
News Clips for May 10th, 2011
Atlanta Police Say "No Way" to Mayor's 401(k)
Over 200 Atlanta police officers jammed into a Committee Room at City Hall last Thursday for a workshop held by the Finance Committee of the City Council.
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NCPERS News Clips
May 3, 2011
News Clips May 3rd, 2011
Pension Funds Are Making a Comeback
NEA President Dennis Van Roekel today urged legislators to use the most up-to-date figures on public pension plans before making decisions that could threaten the financial security of educators when they retire.
NCPERS says average funding ratio at 75.
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Survey shows public pensions recovering and adequately funded
NCPERS member funding survey shows public pension funds are experiencing a robust recovery from the historic market downturn of 2008-2009 – reporting strong investment returns, growing assets and more than adequate funding levels to meet their obligations.
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NCPERS News Clips
April 19, 2011
News Clips for April 19, 2011
Part of Maryland pension hike to go toward balancing state budget
However, about two-thirds of that new revenue is expected to go to the general fund, not the pension fund.
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NCPERS News Clips
April 12, 2011
News Clips for April 12,2011
Secret out-of-state donor powering pension reform group
An unknown out-of-state foundation has become a substantial backer of an ambitious nonprofit group that is positioning itself at the center of the state's debate over public pensions.
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NCPERS News Clips
April 5, 2011
News Clips for April 5, 2011
Public Employees Should Wield Their Shareholder Power
Like a well-armed, well-trained army standing idly by while the citizens it is supposed to protect get crushed, public pension funds have done little to protect public employees from the well-financed corporate attack on their rights.
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NCPERS News Clips
March 29, 2011
News Clips for March 29th, 2011
Local public pension funds in good shape in St. Lucie County
Local plans offered by the county's fire district, Port St. Lucie and Fort Pierce are in good shape, data shows. St. Lucie County, the school district and the sheriff's office are part of the state's Florida Retirement System.
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NCPERS News Clips
March 22, 2011
News Clips for March 22, 2011
Atlanta moves toward pension reform
After months of debate, haggling and threats of litigation, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed finally unveiled his plans to revamp the city's pension program, which would reduce the annual and long-term costs of the program that he said has been crippling the city.
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NCPERS News Clips
March 15, 2011
News Clips for March 15th, 2011
Saving for Retirement
CNBC's Hampton Pearson has the highlights on what some of the nation's top retirement experts have to say about investing for your future.
Minneapolis pension cuts questioned
Appeals court judges question how Minneapolis saved millions of dollars on police, fire payouts.
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NCPERS News Clips
March 1, 2011
News Clips for March 1, 2011
Wis. governor refuses to give in to protests
Democrats kept the Wisconsin Assembly up overnight with a droning filibuster in another desperate attempt to block the Republican governor's bold plan to strip public sector workers of nearly all of their bargaining rights.
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NCPERS is The Voice for Public Pensions. And your voice is being heard on national and cable news programs. This morning at approximately 10:30 am EST, NCPERS executive director will appear on Varney & Co. on Fox Business News defending public pensions. Your memberships allows NCPERS to advocate on behalf of public pensions. Thank you for your support.
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