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Live webinar: All About Long Term Care: July 15, 2025
Explore the myths and realities of what is covered when it comes to Long Term Care. Does Medicare cover anything? What about my major...

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2 days ago1 min read


Group looking to block STRS changes
Budget alters pension board A group representing some retired teachers says it is exploring its options to try to block a move to replace...

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6 days ago4 min read


Blade Editorial: DIY STRS reform
The “midnight rider” inserting controversial provisions into the Ohio budget in the wee hours before the vote wasn’t an outlaw like the...

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Jul 52 min read


Despite campaign from teachers, DeWine leaves pension changes in budget
Colleen Marshall reports on the overhaul of STRS Ohio Board. Despite a weekend-long email and telephone campaign from Ohio teachers and...

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Jul 11 min read


WHITEBOARD: The politicians’ pension coup in Ohio
Disenfranchising 500,000 teachers and retirees through an overnight coup David Pepper July 1, 2025 Yes, there are a lot of horrible...

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Jul 12 min read


Teachers, We need your action NOW!
Stop the Midnight Massacre of our pension system. The Facts: In the early hours of June 25, Ohio’s conference committee finalized a...

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Jun 305 min read


Stop the Midnight Massacre of our pension system
Greetings ORTA Members, The redesigned ORTA newsletter for June was ready for publication when the legislators dropped the nuclear bomb...

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Jun 275 min read


Ohio lawmakers make last-minute teachers pension change to state budget
I would call it a sleazy political stunt in in the dead of night,” Ohio Retirement for Teachers Association Executive Director Robin...

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Jun 272 min read


Rep. Brennan Criticizes STRS Board Overhaul as Undemocratic, Unvetted
This is not reform—it’s a power grab,” said Rep. Brennan. COLUMBUS – State Rep. Sean Patrick Brennan (D-Parma), a retired public school...

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Jun 262 min read
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