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Moving state employees into riskier, but potentially more profitable retirement plans is just one way to trim the state’s $77 billion budget, Florida…
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A bipartisan local pension reform bill has been filed for the third year in a row. The measure died earlier this year after it was tied to a controversial…
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Pension reform will be coming back up in the 2015 legislative session. But, the question some stakeholders are asking is whether a local pension effort…
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After the issue died during the 2014 session, should Florida lawmakers revisit a push to make changes to municipal pensions largely affecting police and…
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Florida League of Cities Spokesman Ryan Matthews says overall, it was a successful Legislative Session for local governments.“I think it was a successful…
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The sponsor of a measure aimed at overhauling the state’s pension system says that effort’s dead, but bill supporters and opponents alike say they won’t…
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Overhauling the Florida Retirement System could be up in the air, after a procedural move in the Senate may have blocked that chamber from taking up a…
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The Florida House passed a bill Friday that merges two pension reform proposals: one dealing with local pensions and another dealing with the state’s…
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The Florida House is now poised to vote on a newly merged pension reform proposal—a huge priority of House Speaker Will Weatherford. The bill that passed…
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The Senate’s pension reform proposal is now heading to the floor, after it passed its last committee Tuesday. But, tension surrounding the pension issue…