Pensions
Consolidation tied to property tax relief is being reviewed for possible constitutional violation
Under the revised policy, police and firefighters can retire at age 55 or with 25 years of service, whichever comes first
Firefighters and police officers nearing the 20-year mark will be able to retire early with a reduced pension
Ryan Mains served others as an Army medic and a Chicago-area firefighter; now, grappling with PTSD, he’s still trying to help
A firefighter/financial planner explains the three pension payout options and the factors to consider in the decision-making process
An appellate court will decide whether full line-of-duty death pension benefits will be awarded to the family of Firefighter Kevin Hauber
New Haven firefighters will first see a 1% increase retroactive in fiscal 2019 and 2% retroactive for fiscal 2020 under a new contract
The East St. Louis Fire Pension Board voted unanimously to recover nearly $2.3 million in mandated payments from the city through an “intercept procedure”
Volunteers would have to serve at least five years to become vested and would earn funds toward their pension based on time spent on fire activities
Surrounded by firefighters from across the state, Gov. Larry Hogan announced two pieces of legislation that he said were necessary to protect firefighters
The suit alleges that Buck Consultants and three of its employees repeatedly failed to “provide adequate warning or proper counsel” of the system’s impending calamity
The Providence Retirement Board granted John Sauro’s application for an ordinary disability pension after he was previously stripped of his benefits
Buffalo Grove officials said they aim to overturn a ruling that granted Kevin Hauber’s benefits to his family after he died of job-related colon cancer
The family of Kevin Hauber, who died in January after a battle with colon cancer, will receive his annual salary of $101,000 unless the decision is appealed
The program that pays veteran responders nearly double for the last five years of their careers received a flood of new enrollees in February
Officials said the debt is largely due to a change in assumptions the plan uses to project how much money it will need
The Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New York claims Stephen Cassidy switched sides to run the city’s pension fund because it paid more
The court found that John Sauro is not entitled to his $3,902-a-month pension because his shoulder injury from 1998 is healed
Former Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake “unlawfully withdrew” a variable pension benefit that paid out more money to retirees when the stock market improved
The demonstration was designed as a show of force to persuade majority GOP lawmakers to stick with consensus recommendations
A new state law limits the amount of time police and firefighters can continue to receive credit in the Deferred Retirement Option Plan
Gov. Matt Bevin said the pensions don’t have enough money to make required payments to retirees into the future
The measure allows the retirees who were not part of Social Security in their government employment to deduct more of their pension income from being taxed
The measure would allow the retirees to deduct more of their pension income from being taxed if they were born after 1952 and were retired as of Jan. 1, 2013
Implementing a student/firefighter program can help career and volunteer departments end staffing shortages while reducing costs and pension burdens
Gov. Gina Raimondo said the legislation would have cost municipalities millions of dollars annually in new pension obligations
The bill would give any firefighter with a heart condition the same disability pension as a firefighter injured on duty
Officials vowed to pass legislation in a special session this year to fix the pension system, which is at least $33 billion short
The city plans to hire 241 firefighters, three times more than the average annual amount
A Senate version of the pension bill is headed for the governor’s desk without the amendments firefighters wanted
The bill barely made it out of committee last week but was saved by last-minute negotiations
The bill decreases plan benefits and lowers future investment yield targets
The bill decreases plan benefits and lowers future investment yield targets
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