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Former city workers retired, but still working
Former Glendale Police Capt. Ray Edey is not one to relax, so when he had the opportunity to return to writing grant applications for the city in September 2011, about a week after he retired, he took it. "I don't golf, fish or hunt," said the 30-year...
Tags: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Safety of Citizens, Government, Google Inc., Politics
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Glendale pays big pension numbers
As Glendale struggles to get a handle on its growing pension obligations, records show that about 11% of the nearly 1,350 city retirees draw annual pensions of more than $100,000 a year — and some of them far more than that. At the top of the list...
Tags: California Public Employees' Retirement System, Government, 401K, Employment Opportunities, Career and Workplace
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Knock yourselves out, Senators
If a good plan for relieving Illinois' pension crisis has momentum, why not offer an inferior proposal that wouldn't do as much good? To that end, Senate President John Cullerton on Monday unveiled another insufficient pension reform bill, this one with...
Tags: Tom Cross, Daniel Biss, Retirement, Politics, Government Health Care
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Did Legislature do its job for us?
The Great Recession hit Florida harder than most states, with unemployment far exceeding the national average. Government revenue dried up, but to its credit, the Legislature tightened its belt rather than raise taxes. Today, Florida is bouncing back....Tags: Executive Branch, Medicaid, Career and Workplace, Government Health Care, Politics
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Illinois Senate passes pension bill, sets up showdown with House
SPRINGFIELD — Senate President John Cullerton today sent his version of pension reform to the House, setting up a high-profile clash with the rival plan Speaker Michael Madigan already pushed through the House. The showdown puts more than 700,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Illinois General Assembly, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Education
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Legislative leaders, unions oppose Tribune sale to Koch brothers
SACRAMENTO — California legislative leaders and 10 public employee unions announced opposition Wednesday to any sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to a pair of wealthy brothers who fund conservative causes. In a...Tags: Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Times, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Immigration
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Federal innovation a matter of perspective
The federal government has an innovation problem — or does it? The answer depends on whom you ask. Federal employees surveyed over the past three years have had a declining view of government innovation. But that doesn't mean Uncle Sam doesn't...Tags: Environmental Politics, Science and Technology, Politics, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, NASA
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Federal workers relieved by limits on online disclosures
Details of financial transactions by members of Congress and thousands of high-level federal workers were supposed to be posted online last month for anyone in the world to see — a key step, supporters of the move said, toward greater transparency...
Tags: Executive Branch, Computing and Information Technology Industry, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace, Judges
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Unions, lawmakers line up against Koch brothers
SACRAMENTO — California legislative leaders and 10 public employee unions announced opposition Wednesday to any sale of the Los Angeles Times and other Tribune Co. newspapers to a pair of wealthy brothers who fund conservative causes throughout...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Los Angeles Times, Politics, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy
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Digging a pension hole
Illinois' pension system was in precarious enough shape in 1994 that Democrats and Republicans came together to solve a crisis threatening the state's financial future.
The agreement they forged was supposed to take politics out of pension funding by...Tags: Politics, Job Layoffs, George Ryan, Pension and Welfare, Springfield
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Few lights, but many questions
Sentinel Staff WritersUtility-company crews had restored electricity by Monday to half of the 1.5 million Central Florida residents who lost power in Hurricane Charley, but this success spawned new anxiety and envy among those still left in the dark. "We've been hit heavy,...Tags: Disasters, Meteorological Disasters, Winter Park, Politics, Natural Disasters
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DWP average pay rose 15%, despite flagging economy
Average employee pay at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power rose 15% over the last five years, despite an economic slump that ravaged the city's budget, records released Tuesday show. DWP workers received significantly more generous pay...
Tags: Elections, Government, Wage Contract Issues, Labor Legislation, Wendy Greuel
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