Defined benefit pension plan

School building, early retirement, pensions

Education | ARTICLE | June 8, 2026

Life Comes at You in Waves—And Sometimes It Brings Early Retirement

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 2 min

Labor | ARTICLE | March 5, 2025

Missouri Pension System Pushes Out Another Great Educator

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 2 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | October 10, 2024

Court Fee Increase Would Negatively Impact St. Louis County

By David Stokes | Read Time 4 min

State and Local Government | ARTICLE | September 12, 2024

Rising Concerns about St. Louis’s Teacher Pension Fund

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 2 min

Economy | ARTICLE | July 2, 2024

Springfield Wants to Be Darn Sure Its Sales Tax Rate Doesn’t Ever Go Down

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Bandage

Education | ARTICLE | July 24, 2023

A Bandage Approach: Teaching after Retirement

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 2 min

Labor | ARTICLE | June 13, 2023

To Reduce Superintendent Turnover, Change the Pension System

By James V. Shuls | Read Time 3 min

Firefighter's coat, fire engine

Labor | ARTICLE | December 20, 2022

Taxpayers Getting Burned

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

Fire truck

Labor | ARTICLE | November 16, 2022

The Fireman’s Union Never Stops Never Stopping

By David Stokes | Read Time 3 min

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