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Public Pensions News last updated July 21 12:00am PST
The complete text of these articles was e-mailed to subscribers.July 20th, 2017
- CalPERS Gains Are Great, But Far From Sufficient (editorial - Los Angeles Daily News)
- Dramatic Change Needed in University of California System (column - Terry McLaughlin / The Union)
- What a Good Time It Is to Be a Public Employee in Los Angeles (Hillel Aron / LA Weekly)
- Will Teacher Pensions Cut Into Student Programs at Las Virgenes School District? (Stephanie Bertholdo / The Acorn)
- Analysis: How the California Teachers Union Is Spending Its Summer (Mike Antonucci / LA School Report)
- States Get Creative on Pension Funding (column - Liz Farmer / Governing)
- Michigan Task Force Says Municipalities Must Prefund Retiree Care (David Eggert / Associated Press)
- Michigan Pension Task Force Fails to Deliver (editorial - Times Herald)
- Arizona Mayors Call on Ducey to Push Overhaul of Financially Fragile Public-Safety Pension System (Craig Harris / The Republic)
- Mohave County Board of Supervisors Look for Ways to Balance Budget (Jim Seckler / Mohave Daily News)
- Stop Deny and Delay Approach to Oregon's Pension Fund (editorial - Bend Bulletin)
- Lifting the State of Siege on Public-Sector Pension Plans (David Blitzstein / Pensions & Investments)
- Proposed Legislation Would Open Up Records on Federal Pension Recipients (Michael Carroll / Watchdog.org)
- House Committee's 2018 Budget Proposal Sets Stage for Federal Retirement Cuts (Nicole Ogrysko / Federal News Radio)
- UNSUSTAINABLE: New York City Has More Retired Cops Collecting Pensions Than Active Cops on the Streets (op-ed - Nicole Gelinas / New York Post)
- UNSUSTAINABLE: Many Cook County Pension Funds Have More Retirees Collecting Than Workers Paying In (press release - Cook County Treasurer's Office)
- UNSUSTAINABLE: Chicago Has More Retired Cops Collecting Pensions Than Active Cops on the Streets (Nancy Mathieson / WirePoints Illinois)
- @PensionTsunami is on Twitter
July 19th, 2017
- Rising Public Pension Costs Could Hinder Bakersfield's Ability to Keep Up With Growing Public Needs (Dorothy Mills-Gregg / Bakersfield Californian)
- This Is How Low the Bar Has Sunk in Oakland (editorial - East Bay Times)
- Why California Highway Patrol Chief Is Headed for a Much Smaller Department (Diana Lambert & Adam Ashton / Sacramento Bee)
- Retired DWP Employees May Make More Than You: $60,000-Plus (Ken Stone / MyNewsLA.com)
- Campaign Urges US Public Pension Funds -- Including CalPERS -- to Divest From Owner of Trump Hotel (Julia Harte / Reuters)
- State of Michigan Should Play Bigger Role in Local Government Pensions, Task Force Says (Justin A. Hinkley / Lansing State Journal)
- Firefighters Deliver 32,000 Signatures to Put Pay Parity on the Ballot; May Hurt Pension Reform (Blake Paterson / Houston Chronicle)
- Houston Faces Heavy Campaign Lift for Bond Measures (Rebecca Elliott / Houston Chronicle)
- New Jersey Last Again (blog - John Bury / Burypensions)
- Federal, Postal Unions Battle Cuts to Pay, Pensions (Mark Gruenberg / Workday Minnesota)
- House Budget Resolution Calls for Federal Employees to Contribute More to Their Pension Plans (Derek Johnson / Federal Soup)
- PENSION PULSE: CalPERS Goes Canadian in Private Equity? (blog - Leo Kolivakis)
July 18th, 2017
- Before CalPERS Can Save the World, Public Workers Want It to Save Their Pensions (column - Adam Ashton / Sacramento Bee)
- A Teachable Pension Math Moment for CalPERS: Unfortunately, Compounding Works in Two Directions (David Crane / Medium)
- CalPERS Is Doing Alright, But Not Great (Crystal Kim / Barron's)
- California Government Retirement Plans Are More Than 50% Underfunded (David Schwartzman / California Policy Center)
- California Should Follow Michigan's Lead on Pensions (David Schwartzman / California Policy Center)
- San Diego Creating More High-Paying Positions That Critics Call Prop. B Loophole (David Garrick / San Diego Union-Tribune)
- Los Angeles DWP Paid Out $435 Million in Pension Benefits Last Year, Watchdog Says (Elizabeth Chou / Los Angeles Daily News)
- Los Angeles DWP Says: The Information We Told You Was Correct Is 'Extremely Misleading and Incomplete' (Robert Fellner / Transparent California)
- Earth to Eric: Get Real (Jack Humphreville / CityWatch LA)
- Shocking New Report: DWP Trio Cleared Over $1 Million in Pension Pay (Transparent California / CityWatch LA)
- Even the Most Fiscally Fit States Have Pension Problems (Michael Katz / Chief Investment Officer)
- Moody’s Keeps Illinois on Watch for Downgrade Despite Budget, Tax Hike (Fran Spielman / Chicago Sun-Times)
- Mounting Tax Burden Called No Match for Soaring Pension Debt in Illinois (Glenn Minnis / Sangamon Sun)
- Chicago Publi Schools Says Rauner Can't Nix Its Pension Money in New School Funding Bill (Lauren FitzPatrick / Chicago Sun-Times)
- Mortality Monday: More Chicago Shootings and Longer-Term Trends (blog - Mary Pat Campbell / STUMP)
- New York State Exposed: Hundreds Double Dip and Collect State Salary and State Pension (Brett Davidsen / WHEC News 10)
- How States Like Pennsylvania Can Buck Washington Gridlock and Take the Lead on Transformative, Bipartisan Reform (Nathan Benefield / Fox News)
- Pennsylvania School Pension Fund Offers a Cautionary Tale (Paul Burton / The Bond Buyer)$$
- Michigan to Steer New School Workers Into 401(k)-Only Plan (David Egger / Monroe News)
- New Missouri Pension Law Will Ease Cost Burden on St. Louis Public Schools (Kristen Taketa / St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
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