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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jan 1424 min read
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Robin Rayfield
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Time is a precious commodity for retired teachers!
Good morning. My name is Robin Rayfield, and I am a STRS retiree and the Executive Director of ORTA. As I travel around the state meeting...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 19, 20241 min read
Will you attend the STRS Ohio Retirement Board meetings on June 20 & 21?
Committee/board action is anticipated on Thursday on the Performance-Based Incentive (PBI) Policy and the Fiscal 2025 Proposed Budget....
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ORTA
Jun 18, 20243 min read
Toledo Blade Editorial: Oversight requires transparency
Ohio pensions provide Wall Street soothsayers more than $60 billion without even knowing what investments they’ve purchased. The Ohio...
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ORTA Staff
Jun 18, 20241 min read
Intrigue. Accusations of betrayal. Rebellion. The new season of “House of the Dragon”?
No, the Ohio State Teachers Retirement System. The board of the $92.6 billion pension fund meets this week, and while an agenda is not...
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Rudy Fichtenbaum
Jun 10, 20245 min read
UNDERSTANDING THE SIGNIFICANCE OF C + I = B + E
By Rudy Fichtenbaum A while back, someone posted a slide taken from the presentation Aon made to the Board at the November meeting,...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Cincinnati Edition Podcast: The power struggle for control of the Ohio teachers retirement fund
Click here to listen to the recording of the podcast. (23 min 19 sec) Ohio’s State Teachers Retirement System controls $90 billion...
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Jim Stoll
Jun 4, 20244 min read
Michael Shearer: Please allow me to educate you!
Dear Dispatch, You seem to have strong agreeable opinions with the guest columnist Brent Sohngen’s opinion letter (May 31, 2024)...
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STRS Ohio Watchdogs
Jun 3, 20241 min read
Ohio's teachers are under attack. Again!
STRS Ohio Board members Rudy Fichtenbaum and Wade Steen are incurring legal fees defending themselves against the lawsuit brought against...
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Dean Dennis
May 29, 20245 min read
Governor DeWine’s Selective Red Flags and the STRS Ohio Pension System
STRS Ohio has eleven Board members; four are appointed, and teacher members elect seven. These elections end on the first Monday in May....
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