Public pensions

Declining funding for Colorado's retirement accounts led S&P global ratings to revise the state's outlook to negative.

Treasurer Denise Nappier sees the just-passed spending plan as a roadblock to full funding.

Below-estimate state general fund revenues complicate pension funding decisions.

The state reported a small jump in its unfunded burden while its funded ratio saw a sliver of improvement.

Voters in Houston approved the measure by a more than three-to-one margin.

Democrat Scott Stringer earned a second term by trouncing Republican Michel Faulkner.

A commission would examine transferring capital assets to a trust and building asset values to benefit pension plans.

Nine states, including Texas and Virginia, received the lowest D-minus grade from the Volcker Alliance for handling retirement costs.

The collective funded ratio of all Illinois public pension funds is 47.9%, according a state report.

The Teachers' Retirement System saw double-digit investment returns but its unfunded tab grew.

The city has amassed more than $95 billion in other post-employment obligations without any credible plan to pay it off, the report says.

Treasurer Denise Nappier called for sound bond-cap provisions, full funding of ARCs and adherence to a 2008 pension bond covenant.

A bill will be released in coming weeks detailing a new structure for all of the state’s retirement plans.

Pension pre-funding dropped to 68% in fiscal 2016 compared to an average of 75% the year before.

The report is “full of misinformation," according to Gov. John Bel Edwards' office.

Irresponsible practices by policymakers drove debt to $11.7 billion, according to a report refuted by a pension official.

The Government Accountability Office sees big challenges for three U.S. territories.

California city officials say the rising share of their budgets demanded to fund pensions reduces their ability to provide services and raises the specter of insolvency.

The state's treasurer, Seth Magaziner, cited the “back to basics” strategy his office undertook about a year ago.

California has put a lot of effort into burnishing its finances and it shows, according to John Ceffalio, Vice President of Municipal Credit Research at AllianceBernstein. He discusses the ways the state has been paying down debt and how it has enacted a clever approach to prepaying pensions. Hosted by John Hallacy.