State OPEB Trust: $4.7 Billion in Assets
August 25, 2026NewsFor two decades, we’ve been reporting on OPEB, the acronym for Other Post Employment Benefits in addition to retiree ...Read More - State OPEB Trust: $4.7 Billion in Assets
Mass Retirees Featured at MACRS Annual Conference
August 25, 2026NewsHealth insurance continues to be one of the most significant issues facing public retirees and the retirement systems that serve ...Read More - Mass Retirees Featured at MACRS Annual Conference
Retirement Boards: Elections & Appointments
August 25, 2026NewsAdams – Incumbent Adams Retirement Board member Holli Havens-Jayko* received 109 votes to defeat DPW employee Steven Skrocki who received ...Read More - Retirement Boards: Elections & Appointments
Investment Returns & Funded Ratios for 104 Retirement Systems: Key Factors Impacting a Cola BASE Increase
August 24, 2026Breaking NewsEarlier in this Voice (page 1) we reported on the 2025 Investment Report by PERAC (Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission ...Read More - Investment Returns & Funded Ratios for 104 Retirement Systems: Key Factors Impacting a Cola BASE Increase
Healey Signs Cola Reform Into Law
August 24, 2026NewsLandmark Change to Benefit Generations of Retirees The past two years have brought a series of big wins for Massachusetts ...Read More - Healey Signs Cola Reform Into Law
21 Local Retirement Systems Increase Their Fy27 Cola BASE
August 23, 2026NewsSince the enactment of Chapter 188 in 2010, local retirement systems are authorized, with the approval of their local legislative ...Read More - 21 Local Retirement Systems Increase Their Fy27 Cola BASE
Post Retirement Earnings: Limit Increased by $10,000
August 22, 2026NewsAmong the budget’s most significant provisions is the increase in the post-retirement public employment earnings limit. Effective for ...Read More - Post Retirement Earnings: Limit Increased by $10,000
Mass Retirees Major Cola Achievements: Looking Back at 60 Years of Cola History
August 21, 2026NewsSince the founding of the Mass Retirees Association in 1968, the COLA has always been a core “bread & butter ...Read More - Mass Retirees Major Cola Achievements: Looking Back at 60 Years of Cola History
2026 Primary Elections: Mass Retirees Endorsements
August 16, 2026Breaking NewsMass Retirees is proud to endorse the following State Senators and State Representatives in the Massachusetts Democratic Primary Election taking ...Read More - 2026 Primary Elections: Mass Retirees Endorsements
2025 Banner Year for Retirement Systems
August 14, 2026News3rd Consecutive Year of Strong Investment Gains Last year proved to be another banner year of investment gains for the ...Read More - 2025 Banner Year for Retirement Systems