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Retirement and Health Benefits 2020 Session Summary

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: April 6, 2020
Pensions, Health Care, SEBB, PEBB, Other… The legislative session has concluded, the Governor has acted, and now as the show goes on, districts have to...

Retirement & Health Benefits for March 13, 2020

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: March 13, 2020
Sine Die occurred and the 66th Legislature has concluded. The last act is the Governor’s responses to the various legislative proposals that have delivered to...

Retirement & Health Benefits for March 6, 2020

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: March 6, 2020
The session is moving toward Sine Die and there’s a great deal of unknowns still to come. It’s the part of the session where bills...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 28, 2020

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 28, 2020
Proposed bills dealing with providing a benefit increase to those members in TRS1 and PERS 1 plans can easily be seen as NTIB (Necessary to...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 21, 2020

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 21, 2020
Proposed bills have now either passed their respective chambers and are awaiting further action in the opposite house, or they are ‘dead’. Remember that no...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 14, 2020

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 13, 2020
The first deadlines have come and gone. Action now shifts to the floor of each chamber. A bill needs to be brought out of the...

Retirement & Health Benefits for February 7, 2020

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: February 7, 2020
Legislative actions continue. As this is being written, the deadline for policy bills to leave committees has arrived. The next cut-off is February 11 for...

Thinking About Retirement?

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: January 31, 2020
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 January 31, 2020

Advocacy, Legislation, & Policy

Author: Fred Yancey • Date: January 31, 2020
The big push has begun as bills will be moving out of their house of origin in order to clear the policy and fiscal deadlines...