Articles about the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) that may be useful to Massachusetts retirees
July COLA Increases In Effect
September 24, 2016NewsSEPTEMBER 2016 VOICE: With next year being the 20th year of local COLAs being granted by the regional and municipal ...Read More
No Social Security COLA for 2016
October 9, 2015NewsMedicare Rates May Increase for Some Retirees OCTOBER 9, 2015: A flat Consumer Price Index (CPI) means there will be ...Read More
Bill would have state set raises for retirees
August 19, 2015NewsBy Cliff ClarkSentinel & Enterprise By Cliff ClarkSentinel & EnterpriseLEOMINSTER -- If a bill introduced by two local state legislators is ...Read More
3% COLA For State & Teacher Retirees
July 21, 2015NewsTreasurer Goldberg to Include Payment in July Pensions JULY 21, 2014: Following Governor Charlie Baker’s approval of the 3 ...Read More
3rd time not a charm, as Leominster board again denies pension raise for retirees
July 1, 2015NewsBy Cliff Clark, cclark@sentinelandenterprise.comLEOMINSTER -- The third attempt to secure an annual pension increase for city retirees failed like ...Read More
Time to Refocus on COLA Base
June 30, 2015News$12,000 COLA Base Created in 1997 Amongst Heavy OppositionJuly 2015 Voice: For nearly fifty years our Association has led ...Read More
Retirement Board to again take up COLA
June 29, 2015NewsLEOMINSTER -- Just seven days after the Retirement Board voted down the first cost-of-living increase for city retirees in ...Read More
Dedham Approves $15,000 COLA Base
June 29, 2015NewsJuly 2015 Voice: For the second time around, Dedham has increased its COLA Base. First, they went from $12,000 ...Read More
Tempers rise — but not pensions for Leominster
June 24, 2015NewsLEOMINSTER -- Tension between the chairman of the Retirement Board, other board members and city retirees erupted into open hostility at ...Read More
Governor Baker Supports FY15 COLA
June 8, 2015NewsAlso Maintains State Retiree Insurance % In Budget ProposalMAY 2015 VOICE: In his first budget proposal, Governor Charlie Baker has proposed ...Read More