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NBC4 Investigates: Amid STRS board changes, watchdog group raises concerns
A retirees’ watchdog group said Ohio politicians are trying to block transparency at the State Teachers Retirement System by silencing...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Aug 1, 20253 min read
Blade Editorial: Retirement investment mistake
President Trump will one day be remembered as an accomplice to fraud if he signs an executive order directing the Securities and Exchange...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 30, 20252 min read
ORTA Needs YOUR Help!
ORTA advocates for the pensions and benefits of Ohio's active and retired educators. Every STRS board candidate we have endorsed since...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 28, 20252 min read
STRS Board was a victim of a hostile takeover. Teachers like me are at risk.
When politicians rewrite the rules to sideline elected representatives, it sends a chilling message: your voice doesn’t matter if it...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 25, 20253 min read
Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Are Ready to Pounce if Private Equity Pushes Into 401(k) Plan
Lawsuits over fund fees could multiply if expensive private funds enter U.S. retirement accounts Putting private equity into Americans’...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 22, 20254 min read
Ohio Governor Decides to Cancel Teacher Pension Fund Elections
What happens when the people elect trustees who want to protect their pensions? Why, you simply cancel their elections. That is exactly...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 20, 20251 min read
Call to Action: Your pension belongs to you, not to a handful of clandestine politicians
Help us fight for you by donating to ORTA's Pension Defense Fund. As luck would have it, ORTA was in the process of changing the format...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 17, 20255 min read
IT IS SO ORDERED: Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost v. Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum
ORTA needs your help to replenish the Pension Defense Fund to fight the legal attacks on our Board Members. The trial, Ohio Attorney...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 15, 20251 min read
In Ohio STRS power shift, teacher-elected trustees lose majority
The change is unprecedented and extraordinary, says one industry veteran. Meanwhile a pension fund expert says the board composition...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jul 8, 20258 min read
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