INROADS MADE ON COLA BASE
September 24, 2012NewsCounties Are Best Success StorySEPTEMBER 2012 VOICE: When the Commonwealth’s 103 local retirement systems were released from the shackles ...Read More
HUGH TURNOUT AT ANNUAL MEETINGS IN RANDOLPH AND PITTSFIELD
September 21, 2012NewsSEPTEMBER 21, 2012: Members turned out, by the hundreds, at the Annual Meetings, first in Randolph and then in Pittsfield ...Read More
PENSION DISABILITY COMMISSION CONVENES
September 5, 2012NewsDiscards Press CriticismSEPTEMBER 5, 2012: There were no fireworks as the Special Commission on Disability Pensions held its initial meeting ...Read More
DISABILITY PANEL TO CONVENE
August 10, 2012NewsAssociation Holds Seat on CommissionAUGUST 10, 2012: At long last, the Special Commission on Disability will be holding its initial ...Read More
Health bill signed amid hopes for $200b in savings
August 7, 2012NewsBill builds on law passed when GOP candidate Mitt Romney was governorBoston GlobeAugust 7, 2012By Michael LevensonSix years after Governor ...Read More
LEGISLATURE PASSES HEALTHCARE PAYMENT REFORM BILL
August 3, 2012NewsWill Impact GIC & Municipal Insurance PlansAUGUST 3, 2012: As the formal 2011-2012 Legislative Session drew to a close ...Read More
FORMAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION WINDS DOWN
July 30, 2012NewsMajor Issues To Be AddressedJULY 30, 2012: As formal activity in the 2011-2012 Legislative Session draws to a close ...Read More
HEALTHCARE COMMISSION MEETS
July 18, 2012NewsProposals Begin To Take ShapeJULY 18, 2012: The Special Commission on Retiree Healthcare met for more than two hours Wednesday ...Read More
RETIREE HEALTHCARE COMMISSION TO MEET
July 16, 2012NewsReform Proposals Taking ShapeJULY 16, 2012: The Special Commission on Retiree Healthcare will enter the next phase of its deliberations ...Read More
Blue Cross plan shows reduction in spending
July 13, 2012NewsBy Liz KowalczykGlobe Staff July 11, 2012The largest private-sector effort to tame medical spending in Massachusetts appears to ...Read More
State officials say new law has saved more than $175m in health insurance premiums for municipalities, school districts
July 11, 2012NewsJuly 11, 2012By Martin Finucane, Globe StaffMassachusetts officials said today that a new law designed to help municipalities and school ...Read More
Superintendents circumvent state pension law
July 9, 2012NewsBy Deirdre FernandesGlobe Staff July 07, 2012By seeking and winning salary increases, school superintendents across the state have maneuvered ...Read More
GOVERNOR APPROVES RETIREE BUDGET AMENDMENTS
July 9, 2012News3% State & Teacher COLA On $13k Base IncludedJULY 9, 2012: On Sunday, Governor Patrick signed the $32.6 billion ...Read More
HEALTHCARE COMMISSION CLOSELY WATCHED
July 2, 2012NewsTasked With Reducing Retiree Insurance CostsJULY 2012 VOICE: Retiree and labor advocates are keeping a close eye on the new ...Read More
BROWN SUPPORTS WEP/GPO REPEAL
June 30, 2012NewsJoins Kerry & Mass. Delegation On Key IssueJULY 2012 VOICE: U.S. Senator Scott Brown has joined his Massachusetts colleague ...Read More
GIC CONTRACTS UP FOR RENEWAL IN FY14
June 29, 2012NewsWill Blue Cross Submit Bid?JULY 2012 VOICE: The start of Fiscal Year 2013 marks the last remaining contract year ...Read More
LEGISLATURE PASSES RETIREE AMENDMENTS
June 28, 2012NewsExtends Dental & Survivor BenefitsJUNE 28, 2012: Retirees and survivors were greeted with good news late last night, as House ...Read More
GROUPS SEEK TO CUT RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS
June 28, 2012NewsCite Current & Future CostsJULY 2012 VOICE: As the strongest advocates for cuts in pension and healthcare benefits, neither the ...Read More
RI Judge to review pension deal with city workers
June 26, 2012NewsBoston Globe June 26, 2012: A lawyer representing city retirees in Providence is expected to tell a judge they have ...Read More
Mass. needs more realistic goal for pension fund returns
June 24, 2012NewsBoston Globe Editorial, June 24, 2012In some ways, lowering expectations for returns on the state’s pension fund investments is ...Read More