GIC Announces 2014 Health Fair Schedule
February 19, 2014NewsFEBRUARY 19, 2014: Annual open enrollment for the state’s Group Insurance Commission (GIC) is set to run from April ...
Middleborough Retirees Get Their Day In Court
February 6, 2014NewsArgue Before State’s Highest CourtFebruary 5, 2014: For more than 6 years, we’ve been reporting on the activities ...
Mass. pension fund posts 15.2% gain for ’13
January 22, 2014NewsManagers add $7.9 billion to accounts, with biggest increases coming from US stocksBy Beth HealyGlobe Staff January 22 ...
Gov. Patrick Files Final Budget Proposal
January 22, 2014NewsIncludes 3% COLA & Funding Schedule ChangesJANUARY 22, 2014: Within the final budget proposal of his eight-year tenure as ...
Growing Concern: Premium Freeze Expiring
January 2, 2014NewsJANUARY 2014 VOICE: An issue of great concern to the Association is the end of the legal moratorium on increasing ...
Huge Turnout For Healthcare Hearing
January 2, 2014NewsJANUARY 2014 VOICE: Active employees turned out in droves for a public hearing on retiree healthcare reform held at the ...
Aggressive Start to 2014
January 2, 2014NewsPublic Service Committee MeetsJANUARY 2, 2014: The Joint Committee on Public Service is off to an aggressive start early in ...
Association Prepares For Legislature’s Round 2
January 1, 2014NewsJANUARY 2014 VOICE: As the state legislature begins Round 2 of its two-year session in January, the Association is ...
New Boston Mayor Retiree Ally
December 31, 2013NewsLong History With WalshJANUARY 2014 VOICE: Boston Mayor-Elect Marty Walsh is no stranger to Association officials or our members ...
Ralph White Reelected in Landslide
December 10, 2013NewsNew 3-Year Term On State Retirement Board DECEMBER 10, 2013: The Association’s Ralph White has been reelected to ...
Judge Approves Detroit Pension Cuts
December 4, 2013NewsSituation In Mass. Vastly Different DECEMBER 4, 2013: A federal bankruptcy judge has granted approval for the City of Detroit ...
Massachusetts Joins Institutional Carbon Clash
November 22, 2013NewsNOVEMBER 21, 2013: An article in today’s DCDB Daily Free E-Newsletter says that Massachusetts Treasurer and Receiver General ...
Following Packed Hearing H59 Under Review
November 12, 2013News2013 Legislative Session Winds Down NOVEMBER 12, 2013: Hundreds of public employees from across all walks of state and local ...
RETIREE HEALTHCARE REFORM REENTERS SPOTLIGHT
October 29, 2013NewsPublic Hearing on H59 ThursdayOCTOBER 28, 2013: Arguably the biggest issue to come before the legislature during the current two ...
DISABILITY BILL HEARING TUESDAY
October 18, 2013NewsHealthcare Reform Set For HalloweenOCTOBER 18, 2013: On Tuesday, the Joint Committee on Public Service will conduct a public hearing ...
HEALTH EXCHANGE KICKOFF: No Impact On Current Insurance Plans
October 1, 2013NewsOCTOBER 1, 2013: Today marks the nationwide kickoff of the new health insurance exchanges, the main component of the federal ...
BERKSHIRE AREA MEETING REMINDER
September 18, 2013NewsSEPTEMBER 18, 2013: The Association will be in Pittsfield, MA this Friday for our annual Berkshire Area Meeting, held once ...
BERKSHIRE AREA MEETING REMINDER
September 18, 2013NewsSEPTEMBER 18, 2013: The Association will be in Pittsfield, MA this Friday for our annual Berkshire Area Meeting, held once ...