Examining the Teachers Retirement System of Texas after the pension reforms...
Pension Reform Review: Teachers Retirement System of Texas After Senate Bill 12Download The post Examining the Teachers Retirement System of Texas after the pension reforms of 2019 appeared first on...
View ArticleAlaska avoids attempt to roll back 2005 pension reform
Due to rising costs and unfunded liabilities in its traditional public pension system, Alaska was one of the early state pioneers in transitioning newly hired governmental workers into new and...
View ArticleHow to maximize Arizona’s water investment
Arizona has long enjoyed extensive economic and population growth, but this year’s federal designation of a Tier 1 shortage restricting the state’s share of Colorado River water and restricting water...
View ArticleWebinar: ESG trends and impacts on public pensions
Former U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Commissioner Paul Atkins, former CKE Restaurants Chief Executive Officer Andy Puzder, and Reason Foundation Vice President Leonard Gilroy discuss how...
View ArticleColorado’s opportunity to determine its own mental health rules
It is safe to assume that psychedelic medicine will be legal within the next decade across most of the United States, given a steady flow of promising clinical trials in mental health research and...
View ArticleComments on Oregon’s proposed psilocybin services rules
We recognize and appreciate the rigor and diligence with which the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon Psilocybin Services (OPS), and the Oregon Psilocybin Advisory Board have conducted the important,...
View ArticleExamining the pension reform benefits of North Dakota House Bill 1040
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View ArticleScrutinizing NDPERS’ cost claims on House Bill 1040
Today, the North Dakota Public Employees Retirement System (NDPERS): Holds $1.8 billion in unfunded liabilities; Is structurally underfunded by legislatively set contribution rates; And is expected to...
View ArticlePension changes in House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 35 threaten Alaska’s budgets
Alaska House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 35 would re-open a defunct pension plan for public safety workers and allow police and firefighters hired after 2005 to use their defined contribution (DC)...
View ArticleModeling methodology and approach to analysis of public retirement systems
Reason Foundation’s Pension Integrity Project provides technical assistance to government policymakers to assess the solvency of public employee retirement systems and analyze the potential impacts of...
View ArticleActuarially determined contributions would reverse Montana’s pension debt trends
Pension systems like the Montana Public Employee Retirement System Define Benefit (PERS-DB) plan rely on contributions from government workers and their employers—as well as compounding investment...
View ArticleMontana House Bill 226 would modernize the Public Employees Retirement System
Montana House Bill 226 would compel the state—for the first time—to adopt an actuarially sound method of funding the Public Employees Retirement System Defined Benefit (PERS-DB) plan, ensuring the...
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Montana’s default retirement benefit option should best serve most public...
A newly-hired Montana public employee who neglects to select a retirement benefit in the first 12 months is currently set to automatically default into the Montana Public Employee Retirement System...
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Senate Bill 11 would bring public pension risk back to Alaska
Alaska Senate Bill 11 would re-open the defined benefit (DB) pension for new hires and allow all teachers and public workers currently in the defined contribution (DC) plan to use their DC account...
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House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 35 threaten Alaska’s budgets
Alaska House Bill 22 and Senate Bill 35 would re-open a defunct pension plan for public safety workers and allow police and firefighters hired after 2005 to use their defined contribution (DC)...
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Senate Bill 88 would expose Alaska to potentially higher pension costs
Alaska Senate Bill 88 would re-open the defined benefit (DB) pension for new hires and allow all teachers and public workers currently in the defined contribution (DC) plan to use their DC account...
View ArticleExamining an Alaska pension reform counterfactual
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North Dakota enacts landmark public pension reforms
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum just signed into law House Bill 1040 (HB 1040), major new reform legislation that will put North Dakota’s underfunded defined benefit pension system for public employees...
View ArticleTexas legislature should prioritize open enrollment and TRS reform in special...
In this special session on education called by Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas lawmakers can ensure students who want to stay in public schools can attend the public school that is best for them, prevent...
View ArticleAlternative approaches to psychedelics legalization and regulation after...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom recently vetoed a historic psychedelics decriminalization bill, Senate Bill 58, the first bill of its kind enacted by a state legislature. The California bill would have...
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