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News Archives
All the news that has appeared on PensionTsunami.com.
April 23, 2014
- FOR TUESDAY'S EARLYBIRDS:
- New London, Connecticut Will Run Out of Cash in Days, Says Mayor (Colin Young / The Day)
- 'This Is the Year You Will See the True Impact of the Pension Situation' Says City Manager of Lafayette, California (Cathy Tyson / Lamorinda Weekly)
- Public Pensions (and More) Watch: Feathering Nests (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
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April 22, 2014
- California Tops List of 5 States With the Biggest Amount of Retirement Debt Hidden Off Their Balance Sheets (State Data Lab)
- $170,000+ Average Pay & Benefits for Full-Time Employees of Small California Town of Corte Madera (Robert Fellner / UnionWatch)
- San Bernardino Takes on CalPERS Again (blog - Walter Russell Mead / The American Interest)
- CalPERS' Appeal of San Bernardino Bankruptcy Is Pushed Back (Ryan Hagen / The Sun)
- Riverside County’s Pension-Related Debts Are Approaching $2 Billion Because of New Accounting Standards (Barrett Newkirk / Desert Sun)
- Battle Continues Between San Jose's Police Union and Councilwoman Who Supported Pension Reform Measure (column - Internal Affairs / Mercury News)
- The Pension Tsunami Bears Down on Oakland, California (editorial - U-T San Diego)
- Silly Season at Los Angeles City Hall (Jack Humphreville / CityWatch LA)
- Learning the Language of Califonia's Public Pensions (op-ed - Costa Mesa Pension Oversight Committee / Daily Pilot)
- Understanding the Public Pension Funding Gap (MuniLandblog - Cate Long / Reuters)
- Government Retirees Flee High-Tax New Jersey With Their Pension Dollars (Steve Malanga / Public Sector Inc.)
- With Pension Costs Soaring, Should New Jersey Commit Billions to Open Space Preservation? (blog - Julian Morris & Leonard Gilroy / Reason Foundation)
- Illinois Mayors' Group Pushes for Pension Reform (Sophia Tareen / The Pantagraph)
- Illinois Pension Reform Typo Leaves Thousands Nearing Retirement Age Hanging in the Balance (Johnathan Hettinger / Daily Illini)
- Public Pensions Watch: Illinois Reform Pushing Out Senior Professors (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Cook County Board President's Pension Plan: Cut Benefits, Require Workers to Pay More (Hal Dardick / Chicago Tribune)
- Illinois Pension Ruling Could Inspire Constitutional Amendment (Jim Anderson / Illinois Radio Network)
- Judge Says American Airlines Can’t Cut Retiree Benefits (blog - Melanie Cohen / Wall Street Journal)
- Employers Scale Back Medical Plans Due to Taxes Related to the Affordable Care Act (Kevin McGuiness / PlanSponsor)
- SEARCHABLE DATABASE: The CalPERS $100,000 Pension Club
- SEARCHABLE DATABASE: The CalSTRS $100,000 Pension Club
- UNSUSTAINABLE: New York City Now Has More Retired Cops Collecting Pensions Than Active Cops on the Streets (op-ed - Nicole Gelinas / New York Post)
April 21, 2014
- Oakland, California's Auditor Sounds Pension Alarm (Matthew Artz / Oakland Tribune)
- Pension Shortfall Threatens Oakland's Solvency, Says City's Auditor (column - Daniel Borenstein / Contra Costa Times)
- Is California Too Big to Fail? (op-ed - Mark Bucher / Contra Costa Times)
- Pensions Still Cloud Stockton's Bankruptcy Exit (blog - Ed Mendel / Calpensions)
- Bankrupt San Bernardino Fighting to Open a Crack in CalPERS (Rick Lyman and Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times)
- Declining Options on California’s Pension-Reform Front (Steven Greenhut / PensionTsunami.com)
- Pacific Grove Reformer Alleges Public Employee Pension Increases Were Passed Without Due Process (John Moore / UnionWatch)
- Union Foxes Are Guarding the Public Pension Henhouse (RiShawn Biddle / PensionTsunami.com)
- Riverside County's Unfunded Pension Liability Is Roughly $1.5 Billion (Paul Young / Valley News)
- CalPERS Board Member Under Scrutiny Again for Late Financial Reports (Marc Lifsher / Los Angeles Times)
- Congressional Candidate DeMaio Highlights Opponent Peters’ Role in San Diego Pension Case (Mark Walker / U-T San Diego)
- For City Managers in San Diego County, a Slew of Pay, Perks (Jeff McDonald / U-T San Diego)
- Illinois Owes More Than $56 Billion for Retiree Health Insurance (Jonathan Ingram / Illinois Policy Institute)
- New Report Says Illinois Taxpayers Owe $56 Billion in Unfunded Retiree Health Care Costs (Mike Flannery / Fox TV Chicago)
- Public Employees Paying for Their Own Pensions in New Jersey? (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Lies, Damned Lies, and Government Numbers (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- Gov. Christie’s Crew Helps Ex-Legislator Double His Pension (Mark Lagerkvist / New Jersey Watchdog)
- Nearly a Quarter of New Jersey's Public Pension Dollars Are Going Out of State (Richard Degener / Press of Atlantic City)
- Detroit Police, Fire Trustees Approve Pension Deal (Joe Guillen / Detroit Free Press)
- Detroit's Bankruptcy Plan Looks to Recoup Interest From Retiree Savings (column - Susan Tompor / Detroit Free Press)
- A Quick Look at Detroit's Pension Deal (Detroit Free Press)
- Michigan House Leader Tells Detroit Unions to Put Up Cash or Get No Money From State (Paul Egan and John Gallagher / Detroit Free Press)
- Detroit Gives Its Pensioners a Sleight of Hand (Megan McArdle / Bloomberg)
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