Podcast: Heitkamp Campaign “Enthusiastic but Not Confident” Says Columnist
Columnist and former Grand Forks Herald columnist Mike Jacobs was on the radio show today talking about his recent column...
Pensions
Robert Marquette: A Libertarian Fix for Social Security and Pensions
Social Security and both public and private sector pension funds are in serious trouble. The Social Security retirement program has...
What Will Budget Cuts Mean For North Dakota's Unfunded Pension Liabilities?
Over at Watchdog today I write about a recently-released audit of the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS), which is the...
Bette Grande: North Dakota Teacher Pension's Unfunded Liability Is Worse Than You Think
Rob posted last week about a piece in The Forum that addressed the Teachers’ Fund for Retirement (“TFFR”). He was...
No Pension Bailouts Without Pension Reforms
North Dakota's Teachers Fund For Retirement (TFFR) is in trouble, but there's an interesting political dynamic surrounding it. Republicans, who...
C.T. Marhula: Fully Fund State Pensions
There was an excellent article recently (writer, Helmut Schmidt) on problems and proposals regarding the teacher’s retirement fund. While many...
Bills For Balanced Budget, Oil Exports, Pensions And DUI Punishments Filed
Last night a ton of new bills were filed for the 2015 legislative sessions (and some of you were complaining...
North Dakota Tops In Budget Health But Spending, Pensions Present Long Term Problems
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University has released a ranking of the states based on fiscal condition. Not surprisingly, in...
Thanks To Out Of Control Pensions, Local Governments Spending More To Do Less
The right-left divide on government is between the liberal preference for high-tax, high-service government and the conservative preference for low-tax,...
Legislature Set To Give New State Workers Option For Defined Contribution Plans
Public pensions, nationally, are a mess and while North Dakota has escaped most of the nation's economic problems over the...
