pensions

As Gov.-elect Larry Hogan and his team begin tackling the state's budget, they will soon turn their attention to one of its most pernicious challenges: the underfunded employee pension system.

Nonprofit casino night fundraisers, retirement pension taxes and road repair and maintenance money are priorities for Carroll County legislators as they prepare to start the 2015 General Assembly Session.

Incoming governor's decision to nix task force on insufficient retiree savings won't make the problem go away

Congress must reverse itself on sweeping powers given pension trustees to cut benefits

How much does it cost to appeal a case to the U.S. Supreme Court? For the Baltimore County government, the tab was $42,000 for a Florida-based law firm to write an appeal that was rejected by the country's highest court.

Progress in shoring up police-fire pension would be slower without the mayor's 2010 reforms.

Riding a bull market, Baltimore's Fire and Police Retirement System made $313 million from investments in 2014 — marking the first time in a decade its long-term fiscal health improved.

O'Malley and Brown are playing politics with the state budget, and The Sun is letting them.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan told residents of a retirement community Tuesday night that he wants to eliminate all state income taxes on retirement income before the end of his administration.

The City of Annapolis is suing dozens of its retired police officers and firefighters in federal court, the latest tactic in a decade-long legal battle over changes to retiree pensions.

Larry Hogan is right to propose exempting police pensions from state income tax.

Pension fight shows city can't be trusted to honor its commitments

What Baltimore did to its police and fire pensions is a crime.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Larry Hogan's proposal to exempt police pensions from Maryland income tax is a mistake.

Baltimore's retroactive changes to police and fire pension benefits may be legal, but it's still wrong.

Baltimore's police and fire unions should recognize that a settlement over pension issues, not more litigation, is in their members' best interest.

If the fire service begins to go in the same direction as the ambulance service did, there will have to be wholesale re-thinking of the financial arrangement the county has with the system.

Harford County government and the county's volunteer fire and EMS companies are discussing proposed changes to a county-funded retirement program for the volunteer firemen, including lowering age of eligibility to receive benefits.

Meet Cyndi Hutchins, Bank of America Merrill Lynch's director of financial gerontology – one of the country's first in such a position at a financial management firm.

Double-dipping public employees

What are likely to be the final bond ratings of the Gov. Martin O'Malley's term offer a validation of his fiscal policies.

Baltimore's police and fire unions are fighting a new proposal from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to privatize part of the pensions of new employees — a move union officials argue will make it harder to recruit and retain the best young officers.

Howard County's teacher's union is making unrealistic demands in contract negotiations.

Fixing the broken system for financing retirement requires leadership at local and national level

The city government is requiring nearly 2,000 school employees to begin contributing to the municipal retirement system, a plan met with resistance by school officials who say the district won't be able to meet the July 1 deadline.