Pennsylvania legislators this week approved reforms to their pension program for state retirees, a move that is expected to save taxpayers billions. Most state employees and all ... Keep Reading
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Changes Coming to Address Unfunded Liabilities for State Retiree Benefits?
Changes to the State Health Plan may be coming, following a vote of the State Health Plan Board of Trustees taking place today. State employees who now pay no health insurance ... Keep Reading
Obamacare Mandate to Cost NC Taxpayers Millions for State Employee Coverage
Thousands of state employees will be newly eligible for mandated health insurance coverage this January, courtesy of Obamacare. This has presented an additional challenge to state ... Keep Reading
Time to Move on State Pension Reform
The N&O offers up this editorial highlighting the findings of their recent series examining some eye-popping compensation packages of state government workers. Among the issues ... Keep Reading
NC Workforce Not Underpaid, Understaffed
Our recent posts on NC employee pensions and health care are bringing some responses from readers, so let’s look at some of the objections. One is that state employees get less ... Keep Reading
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Check out this new feature produced by the folks at the Manhattan Institute. At calculateyourpension.com/NC/ all of us poor saps in the private sector can calculate the pension you ... Keep Reading
North Carolina’s Lost Decade
Lost jobs, lost fiscal restraint by state government, lost opportunities for spending reform, and more lost ground in terms of worker pay. These topics all dominated North ... Keep Reading
Senate Budget Summary
For those interested in more details regarding the recently released Senate Budget proposal, visit www.nccivitas.org to see the Civitas Institute's summary. For a direct link to ... Keep Reading
Parsing the Conflicting Job Loss Claims
N.C. House Republican leaders held a press conference yesterday to discuss the House's budget proposal, being debated on the House floor today. The primary issue being discussed ... Keep Reading
Significant Changes May be Coming to State Health Plan
Senate Bill 265 is one step closer to being sent to Gov. Perdue's desk. The bill, which passed its second House vote by 64-51, is expected to be approved by the House today in its ... Keep Reading
