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Andrew Biggs on Pensions in the Wall Street Journal: Pension Commission Meets January 31st at 5pm

Posted by  on Thursday, January 5th 2012     

Andrew Biggs had another good article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday called “Why Public Pensions are so Rich”. The pay-wall is down so you can enjoy it. It reminded me to tell you that the LCPR (pension commission) begins meeting again on Tuesday nights at 5:00 pm, January 31st and throughout the session. Here [...]

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Kim Crockett on KCHK 1350 AM (New Prague) Radio with Rep. Glenn Gruenhagen’s “The Right Discussion” this Friday, November 11 (Veteran’s Day) at 12:15 pm. Topic? Public Pensions.

Posted by  on Tuesday, November 8th 2011     

Kim Crockett and Rep. Gruenhagen will be talking about Public Pensions this Friday on KCHK in New Prague (http://www.kchkradio.net/) . ”The Right Discussion” is on KCHK AM 1350, from 12:15p-12:45p, weekly, or you can stream the show live at www.kchkradio.net. Podcasts are available after the show is aired on their website as well. The station coverage does reach the [...]

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category: All Pension Reform, Collective Bargaining, Events, Kim Crockett, Public Employee Pensions, Public Employee Unions, Radio Appearances, Right to Work
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Pension Commission Update: Interim Hearings Take on “Big Issues” in Preparation for the 2012 Session.

Posted by  on Sunday, November 6th 2011     

In October, the commission heard testimony about changing the assumed rate of return on investments from 8.5% to a lower number (probably 8.0% but it Rep. King Banaian has sponsored a bill that would lower the rate to 7.5%); and it reviewed various hybrid pension plans being adopted around the nation. (A hybrid plan is part defined [...]

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