Retirement Boards Elections & Appointments

January 5, 2024
Barnstable County – Hyannis Fire District retiree, Harry Brunelle was re-elected to the Barnstable County Retirement Board without opposition to ...Read More

President’s Message: COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024

December 15, 2023
COLA Base Improvements Main Focus in 2024 It should come as no surprise that the cost-of-living adjustment or ...Read More

WEP/GPO Congressional Testimony from Mass Retirees

December 7, 2023,
Social Security’s Disservice to Public Servants: How the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset Mistreat Government Workers November ...Read More

Important Information Regarding Your SMART Plan Account

November 22, 2023,
Dear SMART Plan Participant: Empower recently experienced a processing issue which inadvertently created an erroneous statement showing your SMART Plan ...Read More

Congressional Hearing Held on Impact of WEP & GPO

November 21, 2023
Forum Spotlights Law’s Unfairness to Public Retirees On Monday, a House Ways and Means Committee Field Hearing on "Social ...Read More

WEP/GPO Congressional hearing to be held in Louisiana

November 14, 2023
A Congressional hearing has been scheduled on how Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO ...Read More

Public workers may receive reduced Social Security benefits. There’s growing support in Congress to change that

November 12, 2023,
By Lorie Konish, CNBC PUBLISHED SUN, NOV 12 20238:30 AM EST KEY POINTS Workers may have jobs where they ...Read More

BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF MASSACHUSETTS REMOVES PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR HOME CARE SERVICES

November 7, 2023
State's leading health plan takes step to ease capacity crunch in local hospitals; change will speed discharges & eliminate ...Read More
Jackie Gorrie, Frank Valeri, Anne Wass

Newest Mass Retirees Board Member: Jacqueline Gorrie

November 4, 2023
Still Serving After Career in Teaching President Frank Valeri has appointed retired Taunton teacher Jacqueline Gorrie to fill a vacancy ...Read More

Association 2023 Annual Meeting

November 4, 2023
Members Turn Out at New Location Mass Retirees’ kicked off its 2023-2024 meeting season with the Annual meeting that ...Read More