Retirement Boards: Elections & Appointments
August 14, 2023NewsCambridge – Retired City Auditor James Monagle was declared elected by Cambridge Retirement Board as he was unopposed in the election ...Read More
Annual Spring Conference: Mass Retirees Officers Among Speakers
August 14, 2023NewsMass Retirees officers were among the retirement board officials who attended the Annual Spring Conference of the Massachusetts Association of ...Read More
PRIM Director Trotsky
August 14, 2023NewsHighlights PRIT’s Positive Developments During the Conference, retirement board officials heard from Mike Trotsky, the Executive Director and Chief ...Read More
Unicare’s Sue Tiffany Retires After Nearly 46 Years
August 14, 2023NewsRetirees Owe Debt of Gratitude Within today’s transient workforce, spending 45 years and seven months with a single employer ...Read More
A Question Retirees Are Afraid to Ask: to Which Retirement System Do I Belong?
August 14, 2023NewsAs we have been reporting the recent news regarding the adoption and payment of the additional 2% COLA for FY23 ...Read More
Neal Refiles WEP Reform Proposal
August 14, 2023NewsRetirees Push for Including GPO Fix Within Bill For the third straight congressional session, Massachusetts Congressman Richard Neal has filed ...Read More
Mass Retirees Legislative Update
August 12, 2023NewsSeveral Association Bills Heard by Public Service Both June and July proved to be busy months on the legislative front ...Read More
COLA Improvements Continue
August 10, 2023NewsFocus on State/Teacher COLA Base Increase When it comes to the annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA), there has ...Read More
Pension Funds Rebound in First Half of 2023
August 10, 2023NewsPRIT Gains 6.69% Through June After being stung by a pandemic induced decline in the financial markets in 2022 ...Read More
Governor Healey and Lieutenant Governor Driscoll Sign $56 Billion Fiscal Year 2024 Budget
August 9, 2023Breaking News, From the MediaMass Retirees Note: The budget includes a 3% COLA on a $13,000 base for retirees of the State and ...Read More
Sneak preview of September Voice
August 8, 2023Weekly News Update, Breaking News, NewsWeekly Update: August 4, 2023 In addition to the FY24 State Budget being passed and sent to Governor Healey, this ...Read More
Pension investment gains rebound
August 2, 2023Breaking NewsWeekly Update: July 28, 2023 After being stung by a pandemic induced decline in the financial markets in 2022, our ...Read More
Pension investment gains rebound
July 27, 2023News, Weekly News UpdateAfter being stung by a pandemic induced decline in the financial markets in 2022, our public pension investment returns have ...Read More
Legislative hearing alert & COLA news
July 20, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsOn the cusp of what is traditionally the August legislative recess, the Joint Committee on Public Service has scheduled a ...Read More
Growing the COLA Base
July 13, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsContinually improving pension COLA policy has been a key focus of Mass Retirees since our founding in 1968. The recent ...Read More
FDA Fully Approves Alzheimer’s Drug
July 7, 2023Breaking News, NewsPotential Impact on Medicare Part B Premium July 7, 2023: Today, the federal Food and Drug Administration. (FDA) granted full ...Read More
To which retirement system do I belong?
July 7, 2023Weekly News Update, NewsJuly 7, 2023: Weekly Update By Mass Retirees CEO Shawn Duhamel As we have been reporting the recent news regarding ...Read More
Breaking News Update: COLA
June 29, 2023Breaking News, NewsJune 30, 2023: We had planned to take a brief hiatus from our weekly updates, but there is some very ...Read More
Pension Fund Rebound Continued In First Quarter
May 2, 2023From the Media, NewsAfter a prolonged market selloff in 2022, the nearly $95 billion state pension fund has recorded back-to-back quarterly ...Read More
COLA amendment 808
April 21, 2023Weekly News Update, Breaking News, NewsApril 21, 2023: As we reported last week, your Association has filed one amendment to the FY24 State Budget proposal ...Read More