City’s 2021 Pension Reports
In the last few weeks, the City and two of its pension plans (Police & Fire) have issued their annual...
In the last few weeks, the City and two of its pension plans (Police & Fire) have issued their annual...
A couple of months ago, I wrote that the Texas Employment Retirement System (“ERS”) was back in financial straits after...
The state of Texas maintains a pension system for its employees (including state elected officials) known as the Texas Employment...
The City of Houston is required by state law to file its annual audit (the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report or...
On Wednesday, State District Judge Beau Miller1, in no uncertain terms, struck down the provisions of SB2190 which made fundamental...
I don’t think there is a citizen in Houston who is not fed up with hearing about the City’s ongoing,...
We now have audits for the City and its three pension plans for the first full year of operation...
There is so much misinformation being disseminated at the current round of “town hall” meetings it is hard to...
Recently on What’s Your Point and in my blog, I have cited estimates of how much the City cut pensions...
As you have probably seen in media accounts, the Legislature has passed a bill making very substantial changes...
As you may have heard, the Texas Senate passed a bill yesterday which makes sweeping changes to the City of...
In the last few days we have heard more of the same old tired, debunked rhetoric from the Turner administration...
The centerpiece of Turner's pension proposal is its "corridor" mechanism which supposedly caps the amount the City will ever...