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Letter to the Editor: Here is what people need to know about public pensions
As a retired public school educator with more than 31 years devoted to serving thousands of Arizona’s students and their families, I am concerned that the public has been given some misinformation about public pensions.
Firefighters seek pension reform, but compromise elusive
Faced with the prospect of an insolvent retirement system, the Arizona firefighters union has largely embraced a pension reform proposal offered by the Legislature four years ago and have hunkered down to put their own version of that plan into motion.
Federal probes clear public safety pension fund of wrongdoing
The federal government is no longer investigating the Public Safety Personnel Retirement Fund for wrongdoing, the pension fund’s defense attorney said April 22.
US closes Arizona pension investment trust probes
Officials at Arizona's pension fund for public safety workers say federal officials have closed two investigations examining how the pension trust valued some real estate properties.
Regents approve Klein contract
The Arizona Board of Regents approved a three-year contract worth more than $1 million for new board President Eileen Klein.
Report gives Arizona high marks for retirees’ pension, health funding
Arizona was one of the best states in the nation when it came to the annual funding of pensions and health care for state retirees in 2010, according to a national report released this week.
Arizona pension overhaul ruled ‘unconstitutional’
A Maricopa County Superior Court has ruled legislation that would overhaul Arizona's pension system is unconstitutional.
Brewer signs bill to reverse public pension change
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill reversing a cost-cutting decision that made state and local government employees pay a bigger share of the costs of the state's main public retirement system.
Change to Arizona officials’ pension plan proposed
Proposed last-minute legislation would ask Arizona voters to authorize the Legislature to halt enrollment in a public pension system for elected officials and judges and create a new defined-contribution plan for new enrollees.
Retired police officers sue state over pension changes
Two retired cops filed suit Wednesday to regain benefits lost from the passage of SB1609, the Legislature’s marquee bill for revamping public pensions.
Appellate judges threaten suit over pension reforms
Two Arizona Court of Appeals judges filed a notice of claim July 21 over last session’s pension reform bill and said they intend to challenge two provisions in the new law.
Public safety employees eying possible pension reform lawsuits
Unions representing police officers, firefighters and other public safety employees worked with lawmakers for months on the Legislature’s marquee pension reform bill, but that may not stop them from suing the state over it anyway.
