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It will be harder for Wisconsin public workers to be covered by the state retirement system and take longer to get vested to receive pension benefits under action by the Legislature's budget committee.

Rhode Island's pension system requires a swift and precise overhaul to correct decades of poor policymaking decisions that have left it among the most expensive and poorly funded in the U.S., the state treasurer said Monday.

Rhode Island's pension system requires a swift and precise overhaul to correct decades of poor policymaking decisions.

An Associated Press poll shows that most Americans don't believe that Social Security and Medicare have to be cut in order to balance the federal budget.

Benefits groups fear conflicts in federal swaps regulations could accidentally make all swaps transactions involving swaps dealers and retirement plans illegal.

A Senate bill introduced last week would make it harder for savers to tap into retirement funds, while making it easier for workers to repay loans from retirement accounts after losing a job.