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Big contribution increases for North Dakota's teacher pension funds in the next four years have won approval in the state House.

More than $17 million was distributed recently to 3,274 California senior citizens who purchased National Western annuities as part of a class action fraud law suit.

A majority of California voters are in favor of public-employee pension caps to help balance the state's budget, according to a poll by The Los Angeles Times and USC.

Texas teacher retirement fund's investment managers received more than $8.2 million in bonuses this year, more than double what every other state agency's top employees have received combined since 2007.

End-of-2010 data shows public pension plan assets have surged to a two-year high

Senior members of Congress, both Democrat and Republican, have signed letters calling for a delay or end to the Labor Department's effort to rewrite the 5-part retirement plan fiduciary definition that deals with those who sell investment retirement accounts.