by Jane Richey | Jul 17, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Moody’s Investors Service has downgraded Pennsylvania’s general obligation debt to Aa2 from Aa1 over concerns about the state’s growing pension liabilities and sluggish economic recovery, Reuters reports this afternoon. The cut comes before a...
by Jane Richey | Mar 23, 2012 | Fiscal Responsibility
They work for the state, they retire and collect a lump sum and a pension, then they go back to work part-time for the state. And they collect unemployment. Though it sounds strange, it’s true, and it’s happening a lot. Kathi Bryan, a retired state worker...