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Toledo Blade Editorial: STRS chaos internal
The STRS board majority now knows its in-house lawyers are actively and unethically working against their agenda. If it’s serious about...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 192 min read
Two candidates backed by teachers’ union elected to teachers’ retirement system
Unions, wary of legislators’ approach to STRS board, say group should continue to be made up mostly of elected members. The two newly...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 153 min read
State 'really needs transparency'
A start-up financial firm that tried to land business with the State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio is criticizing the pension staff...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 153 min read
We grant Siedle a writ of mandamus ordering STRS to comply with Siedle's first investment managers request in the February 2021 letter and the first Panda Investments request in the June 2021 letter.
"This decision brings us one step closer to finally seeing the damning investment documents STRS has been fighting for years to keep...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 142 min read
Who Do You Trust: Teachers/Retirees, or the Politicians? Another Potential Attack on Democracy and Representation
"There are 500,000 teachers in the teachers pension system, so my hope is that's a voice that can rally loudly against the idea of...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 92 min read
Ohio politicians tell teachers pension board to hold off on hiring new executive director
Ohio's top political leaders are telling the State Teachers Retirement System to hold off hiring a new executive director. Gov. Mike...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 82 min read
Is the Ohio Retirement Study Council Properly Informed?
The Ohio Legislature has disadvantaged our pension plan when it comes to providing benefits and a proper normal cost compared to other...
Dean Dennis
May 73 min read
The STRS Subcommittee of the Ohio Retirement Study Council (ORSC) will meet on May 8th to consider changing the composition of the STRS Ohio Board.
They will be looking at the composition of teacher pension boards across the country, focusing on the number of elected versus appointed...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 31 min read
Legislators, Stop Neglecting Our Pension!
In a non-social security state such as Ohio, the average Employer Contribution Rate exceeds 30%; Ohio's rate is 14%, less than half of...
Dean Dennis
Apr 262 min read
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