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Congress Bails Out Some Pension Plans, but Does Nothing to Fix the Problem
Years of balance sheet gimmicks mean trillions in unfunded liabilities. Read more at Discourse.
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COVID Stimulus Won’t Cure the Pension Pandemic
Public sector pensions should've been prepared to weather the pandemic recession without outside help. Read more at the Finger
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Analyzing the Unfunded Pension Risk of Local Governments
As local governments have entered the COVD-19 crisis, they have faced varying cost burdens from previously promised employee
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The Coronavirus Has Made Connecticut’s Unfunded Pension Problems Even Worse
Connecticut's pension system is in bad shape, and sacrifices will be necessary, but better data could help stakeholders make the
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Pandemic Recovery and State and Local Pension Reform
In 2019, few could have predicted that state and local pension funds would be faced with a pandemic that would slash state and
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Public Sector Pensions and the COVID-19 Shock
The COVID-19 pandemic was largely unforeseen, but one effect was predictable: that an economic shock would push a number of
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Pennsylvania's Fiscal Health: Current Status and Recommendations for Improvement
Good morning, Representative Grove and members of the York County Legislative Delegation.My name is Eileen Norcross. I am vice
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Tim Ryan’s Good Idea to Shield Workers’ Pensions
On May 20, Rep. Tim Ryan (D., Ohio) introduced the Prioritizing Our Workers Act of 2019, also introduced in the Senate by Sen
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State Pensions Plans Are In Bad Shape But Reforms Can Help
Adam Millsap writes on the need to reform state pension plans.Read it at Forbes.
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Averting the Multiemployer Pension Solvency Crisis
Earlier this year, federal lawmakers established the Joint Select Committee on Solvency of Multiemployer Pension Plans to
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State Fiscal Health: What Are Common Traits among the Consistently Good and Bad States?
This year’s Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition report can tell you how your state’s fiscal health compares to other states
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Why Is Illinois Ranked as the Least Fiscally Healthy State?
This year Illinois falls to last place in our annual Ranking the States by Fiscal Condition report, coming after Kentucky (46th)
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Averting the Multiemployer Pension Solvency Crisis
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) multiemployer pension insurance program faces projected insolvency, driven by
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The Pension Crisis You May Not Know about Yet
What is a multiemployer pension?A multiemployer pension plan is a private sector defined benefit pension, sponsored jointly by a
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The California Rule and Its Potential Abolition
California’s pension system faces a significant fiscal crisis—but also a real opportunity for reform. So argues Scott Andrew
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Without Pension Reform, Retirees Lose
US governments have managed their public pensions in a variety of ways, but almost all are in need of a course correction. Tracy
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State Fiscal Rankings | 2018 Edition
This study ranks the 50 states according to their financial condition. How does your state rank?
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NJ Must Make Painful Fixes to Reverse the Fiscal Crisis
New Jersey state government is staring down a fiscal crisis. This summer, Governor Murphy and the New Jersey state legislature
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The New Jersey Pension Crisis
New Jersey’s pension-funding crisis is among the worst in the country. For years, the state has made generous pension promises
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Assumptions Matter for Illinois Pension Buyout
This post has been edited to reflect updated calculations by the author.Illinois, a state well-known for its severe budget
