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It seems that every few months Pennsylvania’s famously underfunded public pension systems receive some new low ranking or grade. The latest reproach takes…
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The state owes about $50 billion to its two public pension funds, which pay out retirement benefits to state and public school employees. But the debt…
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Less than a week after Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett ended the budget standoff with the state Legislature, he’s setting a new deadline for pension reform:…
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The Pennsylvania House Majority Leader isn’t ruling out a move to trim the state’s scheduled payments toward its pension debt.“There’s not an appetite to…
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Democratic and Republican state lawmakers differ as to whether it matters that a plan to change pension benefits doesn't take a big bite out of the…
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House lawmakers have the actuarial analysis they need to start collecting votes on a measure to overhaul the state’s pension plans.A state commission…
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Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale said at a news conference Monday that he’ll soon begin an audit of the state’s Department of Community and…
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The state Senate president pro tem is beginning his eighth year with a call to action for some kind of public pension system overhaul. Sen. Joe Scarnati,…
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State government reform activists are pointing to their annual update on the costs of Legislature-approved increases to their benefits as an illustration…
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Gov. Tom Corbett and his allies in the state Legislature have introduced controversial legislation to reform the pension systems for state employees and…