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Pension Solvency Overview: Teacher Retirement System (TRS) Of Texas
The Teacher Retirement System of Texas reported an unfunded pension liability of $35.4 billion in 2017.
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Nebraska’s Growing Municipal Pension Funding Challenges
Omaha and Lincoln have made progress in addressing pension issues in recent years, but unfunded liabilities are likely to continue to grow and harm city finances.
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Pension Reform for the New Normal Economy—Examining Colorado’s Successful Model
Colorado's 2018 pension reforms put the state on track to have its public employee retirement system fully funded in 30 years.
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Best practices in optional defined contribution plans for public workers
Governments expanding their retirement options can offer better benefits to employees and slow the growing costs caused by unfunded public pension liabilities.
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Working paper: Best practices in optional defined contribution plans
With the proliferation of unfunded pension liabilities among U.S. governments, optional defined contribution plans can serve as valuable risk mitigation solutions.
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Public Pension Glossary
Understand what pension terms and phrases mean
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New York Airport Pricing
Frequently Asked Questions
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California Ranks 43rd in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
California’s best rankings are overall fatality rate, structurally deficient bridges and urban fatality rate.
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West Virginia Ranks 16th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
West Virginia’s best rankings are total disbursements per mile, traffic congestion and capital and bridge disbursements per mile.
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Pennsylvania Ranks 35th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
Pennsylvania’s best rankings are in rural fatality rate, overall fatality rate and urban fatality rate.
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Maintenance Disbursements Per Mile
Maintenance disbursements comprise about 16.8 percent of total disbursements, totaling $23.33 billion in 2016, about 2.3 percent more than in 2015.
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Urban Highway Fatality Rate
The nation’s urban highway fatality rate worsened from 0.70 in 2015 to 0.77 in 2016.
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Oregon Ranks 12th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
Oregon’s best rankings are in rural arterial pavement condition, structurally deficient bridges and rural Interstate pavement condition.
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Missouri Ranks 3rd in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
Missouri’s best rankings are in capital and bridge disbursements per mile, total disbursements per mile and administrative disbursements per mile.
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Total State Highway Disbursements Per Mile
In total, the 50 states disbursed about $139.0 billion for state-owned roads in 2016, a 4.1 percent decrease from $145.0 billion in 2015.
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Kansas Ranks 6th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
Kansas’ best rankings are in rural arterial pavement condition, rural Interstate pavement condition and urban arterial pavement condition.
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Louisiana Ranks 34th in the Nation in Highway Performance and Cost-Effectiveness
Louisiana’s best rankings are in administrative disbursements per mile, rural fatality rate and total disbursements per mile.