A Circuit Court Judge in Wisconsin has struck down a law limiting collective bargaining, finding it unconstitutional.  As reported by the Milwaukee-Wisconsin Journal Sentinel, Judge Colas of Dane County, Wisconsin, raised an issue…
In 2012, the State began a shift of $255 million of costs associated with the Maryland State Retirement and Pension System to local governments.  This blog series, which will run over the…
At its September 19 meeting, the Legislative Committee formally adopted the proposed initiatives for the 2013 session, a work product of the Association’s Initiatives Subcommittee. The Initiatives Subcommittee met through…
A federal judge ruled Thursday that some of the recent changes made to fire and police pensions systems in Baltimore City were unconstitutional. The ruling could cause the City to…
As announced in the NACo Legislative Bulletin, Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) is requesting comment from interested parties on its plan to implement several adjustments to pension liability, asset, and cost…
Based on recent projections, Montgomery County will need to close a $71 million shortfall in Fiscal 2014. However, these projections assume county employees would not receive salary increases and do…
The Frederick County school  board approved a 10-year construction plan that includes $305.3 million in funding requests, as reported in the Gazette.  But, as the Board approved the plan,…
The Maryland State Pension System is made up of nine retirement plans, and local governments participate in six of those plans.  As of July 1, 2014, 126 units of local government…
