Release: U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Public Pension Reforms Enacted Under LePage Constitutional
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 30, 2014 U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules Public Pension Reforms Enacted Under LePage Constitutional BOSTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled […]
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In my recent study, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Maine’s Pension Payments are Crowding Out Other Spending,” (pdf) I noted that as Maine’s pension payments grow the budget process will, […]
Read More →Can Maine’s Pension Crisis be Solved?
In my previous blog, I highlighted a new study showing Maine’s pension crisis is worse than reported. In a follow-up study, Robert Novy-Marx and Joshua D. Rauh, examine various policy […]
Read More →Maine’s Pension Crisis is Worse than Reported
In my recent study on Maine’s pension system, I discovered that two Chicago-based economists found that Maine’s pension liabilities may be as high as $24 billion, or 50 percent of […]
Read More →Maine’s Towering Debt
Read the full report | Maine is drowning in a sea of debt. Much has been made of the budget shortfalls that have plagued the state for years, but Maine […]
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