Pete Constant is a senior fellow at Reason Foundation, where he works on the Pension Reform Project.
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Pension Solution Blooms in the Desert
Arizona public safety pension reform a model for government, union collaboration on solutions
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Arizona’s Public Safety Pension Reform Plan Is Notable Fiscal Achievement
The affordability of future pension benefits, the reduced financial risk exposure for taxpayers/employers, and the ending of unfunded post-retirement benefit increase.
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Arizona Enacts Groundbreaking Public Safety Pension Reform
Collaborative process yielded consensus on wide-ranging reforms
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Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey Signs Comprehensive Pension Reform Legislation
Arguably more notable than the reform itself is the process used to achieve stakeholder consensus on the reform package.
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Pensions Continue Eating More of Local Budgets
As more and more tax dollars are siphoned off to pay escalating public pension costs, local governments across California are increasingly struggling to provide quality services to their residents.
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Why Do Public Pension Systems Get Special Treatment?
The "California rule" is restricting the pension reforms that can be implemented in the state