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Public Pensions News     last updated July 4 9:42am PST

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July 4th, 2008

• CELEBRATING THE FOURTH: Between the Lines of the Declaration of Independence (editorial - Orange County Register)
• Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of FACT's Court Victory Against California Pension Bonds (blog - PensionWatch)
• Public Employee Pensions and Benefits Put Atherton, California $2.7 Million in the Red
• Will AB32 Provide the Revenue to Fund California's Public Employee Pensions and Benefits? (editorial - EcoWorld)
• Former Mayor of Leesburg, Florida Threatens to Sue City to Keep Free Health Insurance (column)

July 3rd, 2008

• The Other Real Estate Disaster: Your State's Employee Pension Fund
• A Code of Silence Among State Pension Fund Officials
• CalPERS to Collect in Stock-Option Settlement
• CalPERS Will Share in $895-Million Class Action Suit Settlement Against UnitedHealth Group
• Vallejo, California Bankruptcy on Fast Track
• Improvements Made, but Still Work to Be Done on Kentucky's Public Employee Pension System (op-ed)
• New Hampshire's Pension Reform Unfinished (editorial - Union Leader)
• Proposed Change in Governance of North Carolina's Pension Fund Is Unwise (op-ed)
• San Luis Obispo, California Will Pay Police for 'Donning and Doffing' Uniforms
• Freehold, New Jersey Budget Increases Due to Pensions, Benefits and Police Pay
• Carbondale, Illinois Retirees Not Affected by $4 Billion Deficit Statewide in Municipal Pension Funds, Say City Officials

July 2nd, 2008

• Pay, Job Security, Pensions and Benefits Make Public Sector Employment Attractive in Uneasy Economy
• Rhode Island Budget Imposes New Pension Eligibility Rules and Cuts on Judges and State Police
• Con Ed, Union Reach Deal That Will Keep Defined-Benefit Pension Plan (with video)
• Don't Freeze New York's Public Retiree Health Benefits (editorial - Newsday)
• New Jersey Teachers Union Pickets Local Legislative Offices Over Pension Reform Bills
• Kentucky Governor Touts Just-Passed Pension Reform Plan in Bowling Green

July 1st, 2008

• New Hampshire Governor Signs Pension System Reform Bill
• Vermont State Employees' Pension Changes Kick in Today
• Bill Providing 8 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave for Federal Employees Is an Affront to Taxpayers (editorial - Daily Herald)
• Abuse Shows Wisconsin State Workers' Overtime Policy Needs Overhaul (editorial - Leader-Telegram)
• Muncie, Indiana Considers Cuts; Public Safety Spending Approaching 80% of Budget
• Community College Pension Deal Attacked in Maricopa County, Arizona (with video)
• Leesburg, Florida Commissioners Postpone Vote on Retirement-Plan Changes

June 30th, 2008

• City and County of Napa, California Risk Bankruptcy Unless Pensions, Benefits Reduced, Says Grand Jury
• Read or Download the Napa County Grand Jury Report (pdf)
• Some California State Workers Rake in 6-Figure Overtime Checks
• Newspaper Investigates the Pay and Perks of Kern County, California's 45 School Superintendents
• Kern County, California School Trustees' Pay and Benefits Totals Roughly $2.4 Million/Year
• Public Employee Pensions in New Jersey May Not Be Protected in Bankruptcy (blog)
• Yes, a Public Pension in New Jersey Can Be Forfeited (blog)
• Lots of Drama, Little Pension Reform in New Jersey (column)
• Kentucky Governor Signs Pension Reform Bill to Start Addressing $26 Billion Unfunded Liability
• Still a Long Way to Go to Fix Kentucky's $27 Billion Pension Crisis (column)
• Police in Phoenix and Mesa, Arizona Seek Pay for Putting Uniform On, Taking It Off
• Phoenix and Mesa Police Unions Put Their Wallets Ahead of Public Safety (column)
• It's Good to See Some Florida Cities Scrapping Costly Pension Systems (editorial - Orlando Sentinel)
• Prince George's County, Maryland Wants to Trim Pay to Deal With $46 Million Budget Shortfall
• Uneasy Quiet on the Labor Front as Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's Union Contracts Expire (editorial - Inquirer)
• Greenville, South Carolina Retirees Miffed as Health Benefits Dwindle
• Huntington, West Virginia Deputy Fire Chief Retires to Protect Health Benefits
• Commodities: the Tipping Point? (column)

June 28th, 2008

• Kentucky Pension Reform Bill Signed Into Law by Governor
• New Jersey Passes Budget That Makes Cuts But Leaves Pension 'Pink Elephant'
• Vallejo, California City Employees File Objection to Bankruptcy Petition

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