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NEW Podcast: The Retiree View of Ohio's Pension Drama
"I just want my COLA" David Pepper did a podcast with Robin Rayfield, Executive Director of ORTA, to clarify all that’s been happening...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 24, 20242 min read


OCAAUP and OFT support STRS Board Chair Fichtenbaum against baseless allegations
Sara Kilpatrick, Executive Director of the Ohio Conference of the American Association of University Professors (OCAAUP), and Melissa...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 21, 20242 min read


Editorial: STRS suit weak
Despite histrionic language asserting that State Teachers Retirement System board members Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum have violated...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 19, 20243 min read


Ohio Teachers Lead The Fight To Restore Integrity To State Pensions
Governor DeWine and his cronies have rallied to thwart a valid teacher pension board election and support Wall Street secrecy schemes...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 18, 20241 min read


Paid leave for pension fund's executive director extended again
The executive director of the state's pension fund for teachers, who has been on paid administrative leave since November, will remain so...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 16, 20244 min read


Upheaval at Ohio teachers' pension fund continues with lawsuit, removal of board chair
Turmoil at the $90 billion teachers’ state pension fund has gone from the meeting room to the courtroom and back. Just hours before the...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 16, 20241 min read


Update: Standing Up to Bullies
Teachers and their Representatives Stood Up -- in Elections, and Yesterday In this topsy turvy political world where the bullies too...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 16, 20241 min read


Get out of the way, politicians. Let the teachers have their say!
David Pepper attended the meeting of the STRS Ohio Retirement Board on May 15, 2024. Here's his Pepperspective on the mess at STRS. It...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 15, 20241 min read


Ohio AG files lawsuit to remove two state teachers' pension board members
STRS Ohio oversees about $90 billion invested on behalf of 500,000 teachers and retirees Key Points State law allows the attorney general...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 15, 20242 min read
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