Iris Samuels summed up a lot of the issues around a return to the defined-benefit retirement issue for Alaska’s public employees in the Jan. 30 article on that topic, but there were a couple of points ...

Having lived in our state for some 55 years, I have noticed one marked characteristic that separates our current state workforce from the earlier one having predictable retirement benefits. Under the ...

President Joe Biden has spoken many times about having the most diverse administration ever assembled. So, this is my question. To reflect the people whom Biden supposedly represents, why doesn't he ...

On behalf of the Louisiana School Boards Association, I am compelled to respond to comments attributable to officers of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry that we in education have ...

BEAUFORT COUNTY, S.C. (WTOC) - In a letter dated March 12, 2026, Beaufort County Sheriff P.J. Tanner announced his retirement to staff. Sheriff Tanner said January 5, 2027 will be his retirement date, ...

Congress, after many years, finally passed the Social Security Fairness Act, which was signed into law Jan 6, 2025. This Act repeals two provisions of federal law that reduce the Social Security ...