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If the membership is not receiving top tier benefits while paying the highest contribution rate and have a negative normal cost...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

2 hours ago2 min read

If the membership is not receiving top tier benefits while paying the highest contribution rate and have a negative normal cost...

Here we have Angie and Alice, two Ohio government employees, identical in age, working the same number of years, but paying different contribution rates and receiving different retirement benefits.

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

3 days ago3 min read

Here we have Angie and Alice, two Ohio government employees, identical in age, working the same number of years, but paying different contribution rates and receiving different retirement benefits.

The press continues to try to sensationalize this matter. It’s time for our legal department to go to the AG and put this to rest.

Dean Dennis

4 days ago2 min read

The press continues to try to sensationalize this matter. It’s time for our legal department to go to the AG and put this to rest.

Former Ohio teachers' pension fund official says nothing inappropriate about relationship with investment firm

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

7 days ago15 min read

Former Ohio teachers' pension fund official says nothing inappropriate about relationship with investment firm

STRS wants pension reform to include more contributions. But who will pay the bill?

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

Mar 273 min read

STRS wants pension reform to include more contributions. But who will pay the bill?

STRS changed the retirement rules for actives and punished the retirees retroactively, years and decades after they retired, because they didn't have the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing.

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

Mar 264 min read

STRS changed the retirement rules for actives and punished the retirees retroactively, years and decades after they retired, because they didn't have the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing.

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Ohio teachers pension board facing pivotal board election while director is investigated

Ohio's second largest public pension system put its director on leave, is fielding hundreds of public records requests from a mysterious...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

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Looting the pension funds

All across America, Wall Street is grabbing money meant for public workers. "One of the most garish early experiments in “alternative...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

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Ohio Teachers Pension Fees Are More Than Double What The Pension Reported

In 2021, when STRS Ohio was touting investment fees of only $279 million, we estimated fees of nearly $1 billion. A new analysis based...

Edward Siedle

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Blade Editorial: Keep public comment

Anyone who has ever seen Ohio teachers address the STRS board would understand the hell to pay for restricting that forum. The State...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

Dec 23, 20232 min read

"The public needs to be heard." - Pat Davidson

Thank you to Board members Julie Sellers, Rudy Fichtenbaum, and Pat Davidson for pushing back against placing additional restrictions on...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

Dec 22, 20231 min read

What Would Have Happened If STRS Used Index Investing?

At the last STRS Board meeting, a Board Member asked, “What would have happened to STRS’s return if it had used index investing?” In that...

Rudy Fichtenbaum

Dec 19, 20234 min read

"STRS Ohio has invested its teacher pension funds in real estate from Boston to Seattle"

The impact of STRS Ohio's commercial retail estate investments on St. Paul's Grand Avenue Grand Avenue’s Pottery Barn to close in early...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

Dec 10, 20238 min read

Corruption 101: The biggest red flag to look for

By David Pepper Dec. 6, 2023 "So whenever you see politicians hard at work to eliminate or gut or take over entities that provide...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

Dec 8, 20232 min read

'A lot of unhappiness': State Teachers Retirement System board hears concerns about bonuses, future

By Debbie Rogers, The Blade Dec. 6, 2023 BOWLING GREEN — The future of the State Teachers Retirement System, its present management, and...

STRS Ohio Watchdogs

Dec 7, 20234 min read

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If the membership is not receiving top tier benefits while paying the highest contribution rate and have a negative normal cost...

Here we have Angie and Alice, two Ohio government employees, identical in age, working the same number of years, but paying different contribution rates and receiving different retirement benefits.

The press continues to try to sensationalize this matter. It’s time for our legal department to go to the AG and put this to rest.

Former Ohio teachers' pension fund official says nothing inappropriate about relationship with investment firm

STRS wants pension reform to include more contributions. But who will pay the bill?

STRS changed the retirement rules for actives and punished the retirees retroactively, years and decades after they retired, because they didn't have the intestinal fortitude to do the right thing.

Ohio teachers pension board facing pivotal board election while director is investigated

Looting the pension funds

Ohio Teachers Pension Fees Are More Than Double What The Pension Reported

Blade Editorial: Keep public comment

"The public needs to be heard." - Pat Davidson

What Would Have Happened If STRS Used Index Investing?

"STRS Ohio has invested its teacher pension funds in real estate from Boston to Seattle"

Corruption 101: The biggest red flag to look for

'A lot of unhappiness': State Teachers Retirement System board hears concerns about bonuses, future