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We have worked too hard to acquiesce to such an authoritarian, antidemocratic move. We cannot, and will not let this stand.
Karen Loeffler adressed the STRS Board during Public Participation on May 15, 2025. My name is Karen Loeffler. I retired in July 2012...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 22, 20252 min read
SUDDES: GOP leaders say Ohio can’t afford Fair School Funding Plan, yet money abounds for vouchers
With no meaningful property-tax relief in sight for Ohio homeowners, and a June 30 deadline for passing a new state budget, the General...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 21, 20252 min read
The mission of ORTA is to monitor, advocate for, and protect the pensions and benefits of its members.
Is history repeating itself? We hope not. Dean Dennis addressed the STRS Ohio Board during Public Participation on May 15, 2025. We...
Dean Dennis
May 20, 20252 min read
Ohio Teachers Pension Ordered To Release Investment Documents
Since early 2021, we have asked the $96 billion public pension to disclose to the public all contracts, including any private placement...
STRS Ohio Watchdogs
May 20, 20251 min read
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 19, 20252 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 15, 20253 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 15, 20253 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 14, 20252 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 9, 20252 min read
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