Retirement Association of Colorado

• Pensions pump $1 trillion into economy annually

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  March 6, 2012

  When citizens or legislators talk about eliminating public pension plans because of their cost to taxpayers, they fail to understand the $1 trillion impact these plans have on the economy as a whole.

• States tackle pension reform

  By Paula Aven Gladych  |  November 2, 2011

  Rhode Island is ground zero for pension reform right now. The state, which has found itself with an unfunded pension liability of between $7 billion and $9 billion, has proposed a hybrid defined benefit/defined contribution plan to reform its retirement system.

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  Inspiration is hard to find

  By Jenny Ivy  |  August 31, 2011

  An AP story this week about a superintendent who forfeited thousands in pay and retirement benefits is a refreshing lesson for officials to put entitlement arguments aside. We’ve got a crisis to get through.