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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. more
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- Issue Brief
- Public Sector Retirement Systems
Arizona Pension Challenges
Pension problems, such as those in Arizona, are rooted in simple math, rather than in political ideology. Real pension reform is not easy. more
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- Issue Brief
- Public Sector Retirement Systems
Montana's Pension Challenges
Pension problems, such as those in Montana, are rooted in simple math, rather than in political ideology. Real pension reform is not easy. more
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- Issue Brief
- States' Fiscal Health
Public Attitudes on Pension Reform in Kentucky
Recent polling indicates that Kentucky voters favor moving to a new retirement system for future public employees. Large majorities favor specific reform proposals, including the core provisions that would comprise a new retirement system. more
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January 16, 2013
A Widening Gap in Cities
A number of the nation’s key cities face unpaid bills for the retirement benefits they have promised their employees. 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.
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Pew Study Finds 61 Cities' Retirement Systems Face $217 Billion Gap
Sixty-one key cities across America have emerged from the Great Recession with a gap of more than $217 billion between what they had promised their workers in pensions and retiree health care and what they had saved to pay that bill, according to a report released today by The Pew Charitable Trusts. more