A Month From Election, Galvin Talks Up Early Voting Options
October 5, 2020NewsSecretary, Locals Aim for Safe In-Person Voting Matt Murphy, State House News Service STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, OCT. 5, 2020 ...
VOTE NO ON QUESTION 2
October 2, 2020NewsRanked Choice Voting = Confusingly Bad Idea OCTOBER 2, 2020: As increased partisanship has led to further polarization and voter ...
Congressman Neal Charts Path Forward on WEP Reform
September 16, 2020NewsSeptember 2020: More than 3,400 reform bill H.R.4540 in retirees joined a live Tele-Town Hall event ...
With Washington Deadlocked on Aid, States Face Dire Fiscal Crises
September 16, 2020NewsLocal officials are slashing funding for everything from education and health care to orchestra subsidies.Alaska chopped resources for public ...
Ibis Telehealth Program Takes Off
September 15, 2020NewsRetiree Enrollment UnderwaySeptember 2020: In the July edition of the Voice, we announced a new initiative to bring telehealth services ...
Active Employees: Become a Mass Retirees Subscriber
September 11, 2020NewsWHY SHOULD YOU BECOME A MASS RETIREES SUBSCRIBER? Having worked with public retirees and their families for over five decades ...
Annual Meeting September 18th
September 11, 2020NewsOur Annual Meeting takes place a week from Friday – September 18th – at 1PM EST. This virtual event is open to ...
Pension Fund, MIT Launch Social Investing Project
September 9, 2020NewsRating Discrepancies Underscore Need for ResearchColin A. Young, State House News ServiceSEPT. 9, 2020.....The Massachusetts state pension fund is ...
Back From Hiatus
August 28, 2020NewsOur weekly updates are back after a short August hiatus. Remember, we include a video update from me within these ...
Tablet for Seniors Helps Identify COVID-19 Symptoms
July 23, 2020NewsA tablet made by a Massachusetts company is using artificial intelligence to help seniors with chronic health conditions as well ...
Alert: Our Office Phones Are Down
June 26, 2020NewsFor Assistance, Please Call Numbers Located on Membership CardFriday, June 26, 2020: The phone system in our Beacon Hill office ...
Mass Retirees Partners with Senscio Systems to Fight COVID-19
June 23, 2020NewsIbis Program can help seniors to identify COVID-19 symptoms and get access to telehealth JUNE 23, 2020 ...
Executive Board Member Joan Schloss Dies After Long Illness
May 28, 2020NewsFormer Head of Teachers’ Retirement Board MAY 28, 2020: It is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of ...
Mass Public Pension Systems Stable & Secure
April 24, 2020NewsWell Prepared to Weather Storm APRIL 24, 2020: Learning from the 2008 Financial Collapse and Great Recession that followed, Massachusetts ...
UPDATES: UNEMPLOYMENT AND STIMULUS PAYMENT
April 23, 2020NewsUnemployment Assistance The Baker Administration announced this week that the online filing system for those who have been unable to ...
Pension Fund Weathering Storm of Pandemic, Markets
April 23, 2020NewsManagers Overseeing $70.7 Billion Fund From HomesColin A. Young, State House News ServiceBOSTON, APRIL 22, 2020.....The state pension ...
STIMULUS PAYMENTS HAVE STARTED
April 15, 2020NewsAPRIL 15, 2020: As of today, retirees have begun receiving their one-time stimulus payments that were part of ...
Applying For Unemployment
April 13, 2020NewsAnswering Member Questions Public retirees were among the 469,000 Mass. residents who filed unemployment claims with the Mass ...
Special Legislation Waives Retiree Work Limits for 2020
April 3, 2020NewsFinal Approval by Governor Expected SoonAPRIL 3, 2020: Late Thursday, the Legislature passed special legislation that waives the legal limit ...
Don’t Fall For Medicare Scams
March 30, 2020NewsBeware of unsolicited requests!MARCH 30, 2020: Sadly, scammers are using COVID-19 as an opportunity to try to ...