Pawlenty signs pensions bill
Gov. Tim Pawlenty reversed his original stance in opposition to the omnibus pension bill and signed it 18 minutes before the midnight deadline.
View ArticleTwo PERA retirees allege pension bill is unconstitutional
Two former public employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the state challenging pension legislation that state lawmakers passed at the end of the recently concluded legislative session.
View ArticlePension case ready for oral arguments
Attorneys will argue in Ramsey County District Court in St. Paul on Tuesday about whether last year's omnibus pension bill violates the U.S. and Minnesota Constitutions.
View ArticleWidow of MnDOT employee who died on the job gets paltry pension benefit
The paltry pension benefit that Michael Struck's widow will receive from the state is generating concerns at the Capitol. Lawmakers might consider pension changes in response to the tragedy.
View ArticleLawmakers to scrutinize pension assumptions
A policy debate over the financial assumptions for the state’s public pension funds is brewing at the state Capitol.
View ArticlePension fund rate of return will get scrutiny in 2012
State lawmakers are mulling a significant change to the state’s pension policy as they prepare for the 2012 legislative session.
View ArticleGOP bills tackle ghost of pensions future
For much of the past decade, state lawmakers have reacted with alarm as volatile financial markets opened up multibillion-dollar shortfalls in the long-term outlook for the state’s pension system.
View ArticleWisconsin pension report recommends no changes
A highly anticipated report ordered by Gov. Scott Walker and the Republican-controlled Legislature and released Monday recommended no changes to Wisconsin’s $77 billion pension system.
View ArticlePolice-fire pension fund needs fixing in 2013
After several years spent patching up the state’s ailing public pensions, lawmakers have another pension fund bailout to weigh, as underfunding threatens long-range stability for 9,000-plus.
View ArticleAnother year, another pension problem
The omnibus pension bill that’s beginning its path through the Legislature puts the state’s ailing pension funds for police and firefighters back on the path to solvency.
View ArticlePension board wrestles with long-range returns
State lawmakers who focus on pension issues are faced with the thankless task of trying to predict the financial future as they weigh the health of the state’s public pension plans.
View ArticlePension veto still bugs House Republicans
Pension measure was ‘head start’ on broader overhaul
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