If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” That phrase, coined by the one-time chairman of the Council of Economic ...

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Several troubling bills in the California legislature are aiming to reverse critical cost-containment and risk-management public pension reforms that have stabilized the state’s pension systems and ...

COLLEGE PARK, Md., July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Economic uncertainty, a shrinking workforce and retirees who live longer have strained public pensions in the United States. Many of the approximately ...

Recent stock market volatility and shaky economic conditions should remind policymakers that there are many scenarios where California’s public pension debt could grow significantly in the years ahead ...

Cutting the generous pensions received by doctors, teachers and civil servants is becoming a go-to suggestion from politicians looking to cut spending or boost upfront pay in the public sector, in ...

Six months ago, plugged-in Chicago politico Forrest Claypool sounded the alarm about rising pensions debts and called for dramatic action to bring them under control. A longtime Democratic Party ...

"We are cautiously optimistic, but with the recognition that there's quite a bit of fragility in the system," said Anthony Randazzo, Equable Institute's executive director. The good news for U.S.

Two decades ago, Connecticut suffered a series of public scandals that prompted critics to give the state the negative moniker of “Corrupticut.” Among the reforms passed following the scandals was a ...