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Retirement & Health Benefits | 2024 Session Summary

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: April 3, 2024
Session has concluded and the Governor has acted. Here is brief summary of pension, health care, and other legislation that will impact school districts, present...

Retirement & Health Benefits for March 1, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: March 1, 2024
Action has centered around floor debate and voting on proposed bills from the opposite house. As explained previously in the TWIO, if any bill is...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 23, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 23, 2024
Both the Senate and the House have been busy with committee hearings as the Feb. 21st deadline for policy bills to be released from committees...

Thinking About Retirement? 2024 Edition

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 20, 2024
Since covering pension/retirement/health insurance issues on behalf of WASA and AWSP, there are a few important points we have learned. This is just a brief...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 16, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 16, 2024
Key deadlines have passed, and all action now moves to committee hearings as opposite house bills are discussed and acted upon. Overlaying all of these...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 9, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 9, 2024
Debates and floor action continue as both chambers rush to pass house of origin legislation by the end of February 13. The work of all...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 2, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 2, 2024
The first cut-off of the Session has come and gone. Policy bills not out of committees are ‘dead’, unless revived at legislative whim. Meanwhile, the...

Retirement & Health Benefits for January 25, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: January 25, 2024
As the Legislature approaches cut-off deadlines, action and debates are taking place in committees on the respective floors of each house as legislators act to...

Retirement & Health Benefits for January 19, 2024

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: January 19, 2024
The Session continues. Introductions of new bills and committee hearings continue as legislators work to deal with proposed bills. A reminder that if a companion...