Chicago unions and public employees filed a lawsuit Tuesday to block pension changes coming in 2015 that would reduce future COLA increases and require workers to pay more toward their ...

The Senate last week passed the Smart Savings Act, a bill that would tweak the way federal employees are auto-enrolled in the Thrift Savings Plan. The proposal aims to auto-enroll ...

This discussion features Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research – a self-proclaimed non-partisan (but sometimes left-leaning) think tank. He talks about the net ...

The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled this week that the state can increase public employees’ pension contributions – even for vested workers. Since the increased contribution ...

Two top-ranking Republican lawmakers are drawing attention to a recent report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that details how the Social Security Administration’s ...

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on Tuesday titled “Social Security: Is a Key Foundation of Economic Security Working for Women?” The hearing explored how Social ...

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is warning people with self-directed IRAs to be wary of trusting some third-party custodians. The NASAA says some third-party ...

The above talk was given by Gene Steuerle (Urban Institute) at the 2014 Pension Research Council Conference; Steuerle spoke about his research into the inevitability of entitlement ...

The Better Business Bureau is running down its “12 Scams of Christmas” and warning consumers about some of 2014’s most popular scams. This week, the BBB is focusing on Medicare ...

In Congress, an under-the-radar bill aims to make major changes to Social Security. The bill, Social Security 2100 Act, was introduced by Connecticut Rep. John Larson. If passed, here’s ...