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A Widening Gap in Cities
This report examines pension and retiree health care funding in 61 cities—the most populous one in each state plus all others with populations over 500,000—and looks at options for reform. more
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- Stateline Story
Seniors Are New Target for Tax Increases
Over the years, states have carved out ever more generous tax breaks for the elderly. Now, Kentucky and a few other states are beginning to question whether these policies cost too much. more
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- Issue Brief
- States' Fiscal Health
Kentucky's Pension Challenges
Pension problems, such as those in Kentucky, are rooted in simple math, rather than in political ideology. more
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June 18, 2012
The Widening Gap Update
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills was at least $1.38 trillion in fiscal year 2010, according to Pew's latest comprehensive analysis on pension and retiree health care funding. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
State Fact Sheets: The Widening Gap Update
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills was at least $1.38 trillion in fiscal year 2010, according to Pew's latest comprehensive analysis on pension and retiree health care funding. View our collection of state fact sheets. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
The Widening Gap
The gap between the promises states have made for public employees’ retirement benefits and the money they have set aside to pay these bills was at least $1.38 trillion in fiscal year 2010 more
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- Featured Collection
- States' Fiscal Health
Pensions and Retiree Health Benefits
Pension and retiree health care costs are rising sharply in the states, adding to budget pressures and threatening to crowd out resources for other priorities like education, health care, and infrastructure.
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Public-Sector Issues Erupt in Presidential Campaign
President Obama and GOP presidential hopeful Mitt Romney both found themselves over the weekend explaining comments they made involving the public sector. more
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- Analysis
- States' Fiscal Health
Rhode Island Plan Enacts New Approach to States’ Pension Woes
Faced with rising pension costs, Rhode Island passed a set of reforms to its public sector retirement system that go further than what any other state has done. The bill is unprecedented, both in terms of the employees it will affect and the scope and scale of changes to their benefits.
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Rhode Island Overhauls Public Pensions
Faced with rising pension costs, Rhode Island passed changes to its public sector retirement system that go further than the reforms of any other state. more
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- States' Fiscal Health
Sue Urahn: State Pensions and Retirement Benefits
Sue Urahn, managing director for the Pew Center on the States, discusses what progress has been made, suggests actions states must take and offers solutions states should consider.
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