Tag: retirement

Governor’s Pension Reform: Does It Have a Chance?

Well, it is here; the Governor’s plan to stop the impending budget calamity created by unfunded pension liabilities. To be sure, the far reaching proposals face a very uncertain future in the Legislature.

allegheny February 12, 2013

Allegheny County Pension Reform Won’t Happen This Year

While the Governor and the General Assembly are engaged in something of a tussle over the two large pension plans covering state employees and public school employees (817,000 active and retired members in total) and who should lead on specifics to reform them, a legislative proposal in Harrisburg to change the retirement system covering Allegheny County’s 7,400 active members has died.

allegheny December 11, 2012

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