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$96B Pension Crisis Looming Over Ohio Teacher Retirement System Has National Implications, Reform Advocates Say
Reform advocates warn that debt spirals like that currently gripping the Illinois pension system will happen in Ohio and other states if...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 12, 20255 min read
Tribalism
One way of looking at how STRS operates is through the lens of tribalism. There are essentially two camps of workers who rely on STRS for...
Trina Kay Prufer
Jun 10, 20252 min read
The Spectrum with Colleen Marshall: Teachers’ retirement fund; Meta at the Statehouse; Ohio governor’s race
Lawmakers are looking to make changes to the board for the State Teachers Retirement System . “Our consultants get rich, our investors...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 2, 20251 min read
Any legislative actions which would take away the authority of the rightfully and democratically elected Reform STRS Board Members will unify active and retired teachers as never before.
I write this today, expecting that there will be at least one or more legislators who will see my thoughts and consider what might happen...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 31, 20252 min read
NBC4 Investigates: Reforms to teacher pension fund hit roadblocks (Part 2)
"Sweeping changes could be on the way to the State Teachers Retirement System as Ohio lawmakers consider forcing teachers and retirees...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 30, 20251 min read
NBC4 Investigates: Ohio lawmakers consider change to teacher pension fund (Part 1)
Ohio lawmakers are considering a sweeping change to the make up of Ohio’s teacher pension fund that could force retirees and teachers off...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 29, 20253 min read
Once again, this reporter promotes misinformation by not reporting the ask was to pilot the program with an allocation of 250 million.
Read this article online at https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/ohio-legislative-leaders-appoint-financial-tech-ex...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 29, 20251 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
If you retired between August 1, 2013, one month after STRS Pension Reform went into effect, and June 1, 2014, you were the first new...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 24, 20253 min read
Pension Watchdogs speak truth to power!
Many thanks to the teachers who addressed the STRS Ohio Board during Public Participation on May 15, 2025. Click on the button below to...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 23, 20251 min read
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