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News Archives
All the news that has appeared on PensionTsunami.com.
December 13, 2013
- FOR EARLYBIRDS: Public Opinion Turns Against Labor Unions in California, New Field Poll Finds (David Siders / Sacramento Bee)
- Union-Supported Politicians Are Coming Out Early Against a Proposed California Pension Reform Initiative (Derek Moore / Press Democrat)
- Detroit Seeks to Delay Bankruptcy Appeals (Robert Snell / Detroit News)
December 12, 2013
- Detroit Pension Ruling Holds Lesson for California (editorial - Press-Enterprise)
- Detroit Is Sending a Message to All Public Employee Union Leaders (op-ed - Dan Liljenquist / Deseret News)
- Liberal Lies About the Public Pension Crisis (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Cutting Public Pensions: A Matter of Fairness (Dunstan Prial / Fox Business)
- Retirees Join Fight in Appeal of Detroit's Bankruptcy Eligibility (Robert Snell / Detroit News)
- Detroit Sinks as Auto Industry Soars (Jeff Green / Bloomberg QuickTake)
- Public Pension Cuts Seem Here to Stay (column - Steven Lang / BenefitsPro)
- Illinois and Detroit Hand Union Workers a Lifeline: Will Unions Accept the Gift? (column - Jeffrey Dorfman / Forbes)
- Detroit Bankruptcy Ruling Gives California's Public Employee Unions a Reason to Negotiate (Steven Greenhut / Human Events)
- Pensions for Non-Teachers: A Slightly Different Road to Ruin in New York City (blog - Larry Littlefield / Saying the Unsaid in New York)
- Boston Cop Pay Hikes Could Delay Pension Payoff of $1.5 Billion in Pension Debt (Richard Weir / Boston Herald)
- Illinois Pension Reform Is No Permanent Fix (Bob Adelmann / New American)
- Pension Reform Up to Illinois Supreme Court (blog - Greg Hinz / Crain's Chicago Business)
- How the Illinois Pension Lawsuits Could Play Out (with audio - Jeff Bossert / WUIS Radio)
- Illinois Pension Reform Rises or Falls on 46 Words in the State Constitution (column - Patrick E. Gauen / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
- Illinois Has 43% of the Country’s Public Pension Plans (Brian Costin / Illinois Policy Institute)
- S&P Improves Illinois Rating After Pension Vote (John O'Connor / Businessweek)
- Federal Budget Deal Stirs Fight Over Pension Costs (Hazel Bradford / Pensions & Investments)
- Budget Deal Hits Military Retirees With Pension Cuts; Federal Retirees Untouched (Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon)
- PENSION PULSE: So You Wanna Start a Hedge Fund? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
- SEARCHABLE DATABASE: The CalSTRS $100,000 Pension Club
- SEARCHABLE DATABASE: The CalPERS $100,000 Pension Club
- CalPERS $100,000 Pension Club Saw Explosive Growth in 2012; Total Members Now Approaching 15,000 (Teri Sforza / Orange County Register)
- THE FUTURE: New York City Now Has More Retired Cops Collecting Pensions Than Active Cops on the Streets (op-ed - Nicole Gelinas / New York Post)
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December 11, 2013
- Detroit Pension Ruling Should Be a Warning to California's Public Employee Unions (editorial - Contra Costa Times)
- California's Looming Crisis of Costly Retiree Health Care Benefits (editorial - Orange County Register) $$
- If CalPERS Wins Its Fight, San Bernardino Taxpayers Will Start Voting With Their Feet (commentary - Steve Williams / Victorville Daily Press)
- Stockton, California: What Doing Nothing About Pensions Will Cost (Steve Malanga / Public Sector Inc.)
- San Bernardino, Creditors Cite Progress on Bankruptcy Issues (Ryan Hagen / San Bernardino Sun)
- Detroit Bankruptcy Ruling Could Impact San Bernardino Mediation (Keeley Webster / The Bond Buyer)
- Pension Deals Put Sonoma County on Track to Trim $160 Million (Brett Wilkison / Press Democrat)
- Retirees in Four California Counties Unlikely to See Impacts in Pension Litigation (Lisa Vorderbrueggen / Contra Costa Times)
- Detroit Bankruptcy Reverberates Through California’s At-Risk Cities (Ken Broder / AllGov)
- Detroit’s Bankruptcy Ruling Doesn’t Spare Public Employee Pensions (Scott Shackford / Reason)
- Don't Count on Team Snyder to Aid in Detroit Pension Rescue (column - Daniel Howes / Detroit News)
- Expert Says Pension Cuts Would Be Alarming and Not the Right Path for Detroit (column - Susan Tompor / Detroit Free Press)
- EDITORIAL CARTOONS: A Cartoon History of the Detroit Bankruptcy (Mike Thompson / Detroit Free Press)
- Detroit Bankruptcy Doesn't Change Obligations(op-ed - James P. Hoffa / Detroit News)
- Detroit Emergency Manager Orr Disputes Report That He Thinks Higher-Paid Pensioners Should Take Larger Cut (Tony Briscoe / Detroit News)
- Imperiled Illinois Public Pensions Get Sweeping Reforms (Ben Baris & Imogen Rose-Smith / Institutional Investor)
- Pension Crisis Endangers Chicago's Future (Sara Burnett / Associated Press)
- Experts Say Chicago Has a Public Pension System Set Up to Fail (Alex Keefe / WBEZ Radio)
- Federal Judge’s Ruling on Detroit Pension Vulnerability Downplayed in New York (Jill Terreri and Tom Precious / Buffalo News)
- Bogalusa, Louisiana Tackling $9.4 Million Pension Fund Deficit (Marcelle Hanemann / Daily News)
- Double Dipping by Teachers Is on the Rise in New Mexico (Dan Boyd / Albuquerque Journal)
- Florida's Lawmakers Should Help With Local Pension Reform (op-ed - Dominic M. Calabro / Palm Beach Post)
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