• St. Louis Firefighters Sue to Stop Pension Overhaul
• BY: News Staff   |   Missouri   |   June 13, 2012
• The St. Louis firefighters retirement group followed through Tuesday on their standing threat to sue the city to block Mayor Francis Slay's pension reform plan, reports the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

• San Diego Pension Debate Continues
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   June 12, 2012
• Voters approve moves that could save the city nearly $1 billion in the next 30 years, but labor groups question the mayor's role in the process.
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• San Jose Unions Sue to Stop Pension Reform
• Source: San Jose Mercury News   |   San Jose, Calif.   |   June 7, 2012
• San Jose police officers and firefighters made good on promises to legally challenge San Jose's voter-approved pension reform with a pair of lawsuits filed in Santa Clara County Superior Court.

• San Jose, San Diego Poised to Pass Pension Reform
• Source: Reuters   |   California   |   June 6, 2012
• Voters in San Diego favored moving new employees to plans similar to private-sector 401(k)s. San Jose will force employees to choose between reduced benefits or sharply higher employee contributions to maintain current benefits.

• Illinois Pension Reform Stalls
• Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch   |   Illinois   |   June 1, 2012
• Illinois legislators left Springfield without passing the sweeping state pension reforms that Gov. Pat Quinn has been demanding all year. Instead, they sent Quinn a gambling expansion bill he doesn’t want.

• Private Sector Retirement Plan Bill Passes California Senate
• Source: Sacramento Bee   |   California   |   May 31, 2012
• The California state Senate approved a bill 23-13 to create a statewide retirement program for private workers who do not contribute to a different retirement savings plan.

• Alabama and Maine Adopt Pension Forfeiture Laws
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   May 22, 2012
• Twenty-five of the 50 states now have laws that revoke the public pensions of convicted criminals.

• Convicted Connecticut Workers Still Get Pensions Despite Forfeiture Law
• BY: McClatchy News   |   Connecticut   |   May 21, 2012
• State law, which went into effect Oct. 1, 2008, allows the attorney general to revoke or reduce the pension of public officials, state or municipal employees convicted of a crime related to their office, but it doesn't apply to officials convicted before that date.

• Houston Sues Firefighters to Open Their Pension Books
• Source: Houston Chronicle   |   Houston   |   May 18, 2012
• The city of Houston sued the firefighters pension board in state District Court in an effort to pry open the retirement system's books for a look at supporting data behind the $61 million annual bill it sends to City Hall.

• Longtime State Pension Chief Resigns, Calls 401(k) Experiment a 'Failure'
• BY: Stateline   |   May 16, 2012
• After more than two decades heading pension systems in Colorado and Kansas, Meredith Williams tells Stateline that Americans are woefully underprepared for retirement.
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• Wal-Mart's Latest Enemy: New York Pension Funds
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   May 1, 2012
• Concerned about Wal-Mart’s reported cover-up of bribery in its Mexico operations, leaders of New York City’s pension funds said they would vote their 4.7 million company shares against five directors standing for re-election to the retailer’s board at its annual shareholder meeting next month.

• Stockton, California’s Debt Problems May Set Precedent
• BY: John E. Petersen   |   May 2012
• How Stockton's story unfolds could have major consequences for public employee pensions and bondholders nationwide.
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• New Jersey Politicians Protect Own Retirement While Limiting New Employees'
• Source: New Jersey Star-Ledger   |   New Jersey   |   April 30, 2012
• A Star-Ledger analysis of sick and vacation time records for lawmakers and other public employees show that politicians can reap generous rewards from the same system they are charged with policing. The payouts also take sizable chunks out of local budgets that are already under duress.

• New York Public Workers Rushed to Get Pensions Before Cutbacks
• Source: New York Times   |   New York   |   April 3, 2012
• Thousands of public employees across New York State rushed to sign up for pensions over the last several weeks, seeking to lock in generous retirement benefits before cuts approved by the State Legislature took effect on Sunday.
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• Public Pensions and the Infrastructure We Need
• BY: Mark Funkhouser   |   April 2, 2012
• It's going to cost a lot of money to bring our infrastructure systems up to snuff. Public pensions could have a big role to play.
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