Steve Malanga Archive


Jerry Brown: Tax increases hurt, May 17, 2013

Business leaders shun states with powerful public unions, May 15, 2013

What kind of precedent did the SEC just set in Harrisburg?, May 7, 2013

Pension Reform Effort Dies in Florida, May 1, 2013

Westchester's Ugly Pension Chart, April 30, 2013

State taxes not bringing budget relief just yet..., April 26, 2013

The benefits leviathan devouring NYC's budget, April 22, 2013

CalPERS board: The embodiment of chutzpah, April 17, 2013

About those aggressive pension assumptions, April 11, 2013

Ky. nonprofit goes bankrupt with public pensions, April 7, 2013

Taxpayers are losers in Stockton, no matter what, April 3, 2013

Michigan cities face huge retiree health care liability, March 29, 2013

Pensions: Contributions minus withdrawals plus lousy market=yikes!, March 28, 2013

Shark-invested sick leave waters, March 27, 2013

Jersey's relentless challenge from inflated investment assumptions, March 25, 2013

California teachers don't get Social Security. So what?, March 22, 2013

Cities go broke when dumb or corrupt people run them..., March 20, 2013

CalPERS' legacy of corruption grows, March 18, 2013

Fracking great solution to California pension woes, March 15, 2013

SEC cites Illinois for misleading investors on pensions, March 11, 2013

The public school hiring boom in administrators, March 8, 2013

LA voters reject tax increase designed to save police jobs, March 6, 2013

LA stares over pension cliff, glimpses insolvency, March 1, 2013

Illinois residents pay more, get less, face a strike , February 27, 2013

Despite losses, Calpers forges ahead with politicized investing, February 22, 2013

How the pension crisis squeezes budgets, California edition, February 19, 2013

RI bill seeks to bind schools to costly arbitration, February 12, 2013

Texas gas attack provokes California, February 8, 2013

Is Illinois a bigger default risk than Iraq? , February 1, 2013

Retiree healthcare solution: Let Obamacare pay for it!!!, January 30, 2013

Sun may not set on Conn. tax increases, January 28, 2013

Too many teachers, underqualified and overpaid?, January 25, 2013

California teachers union: Light my fire, January 25, 2013

Shades of grey: Cities owe big tab for retiree health care, January 24, 2013

Sacramento takes stock of its debt in sobering report, January 22, 2013

Legislators at the pension trough, part 2, January 18, 2013

Study concludes Chicago can't afford retiree health care program, January 16, 2013

California's 'wall of debt' towers over tax revenues, January 11, 2013

Are Illinois pensions protected by its constitution?, January 7, 2013

Local governments humming a quieter tune, January 4, 2013

States letting tax increases expire, January 2, 2013

The Social Security tax bite in states, January 2, 2013

The cost of pension neglect: NJ edition, December 21, 2012

2 scary charts about state, local debt, December 17, 2012

Taking our lumps from lump sum payments to workers, December 14, 2012

Do unions give members their money's worth?, December 12, 2012

Government unions may be big losers in Michigan, December 11, 2012

RI pension case goes to court, December 7, 2012

NJ cost sharing, part 2, December 5, 2012

NJ tells towns, school districts to start sharing costs, December 4, 2012

San Bernardino aims to save $61 million, November 28, 2012

Pension costs squeeze PA. budget, November 26, 2012

Labor's big victories in state initiative elections, November 20, 2012

Falling down a fiscal hole, November 16, 2012

Fiscal ties that bind cities, November 16, 2012

Another stadium deal turns sour for taxpayers, November 14, 2012

State budgets and disaster recovery..., November 12, 2012

How bad (or good) are new state pension plans?, November 8, 2012

Voting on the right to privatize, November 5, 2012

State tax collections slowing again, October 25, 2012

How many other states are insolvent?, October 24, 2012

High taxes and unions: coincidence or cause?, October 23, 2012

Gunfight at the Calpers corral , October 19, 2012

Another example of why public pensions are so risky, October 16, 2012

Pensions and Chicago's fiscal cliff, October 12, 2012

Illinois' muddled pension reform amendment, October 9, 2012

LA cuts new worker pensions, October 1, 2012

California: Anatomy of an exploding government obligation, September 27, 2012

Who controls NFL? Refs union or owners?, September 26, 2012

Utah and pension reform, September 21, 2012

Chicago's school pension crisis, part 2, September 20, 2012

Pension shootout brewing in Texas, September 20, 2012

Judicial overreach in Wisconsin, September 18, 2012

Are teachers really underpaid?, September 13, 2012

So little real pension reform..., September 12, 2012

Chicago: counterattack against education reform, September 12, 2012

Pension woes backdrop to Chicago teachers' strike, September 10, 2012

$4 trillion in state debt, led by pensions, September 7, 2012

Pittsburgh officials hide in pension fantasyland, September 5, 2012

New York nonprofit corruption, September 3, 2012

The higher-ed boom continues, August 28, 2012

Scranton-omics, August 23, 2012

California: Giveaways continue, August 20, 2012

CABs: More bad news for Stockton taxpayers?, August 17, 2012

Where are San Bernardino's bondholders?, August 14, 2012

Cut those pensions, Stockton creditor demands...., August 9, 2012

California school district socks it to future taxpayers, August 8, 2012

California and FB: Not so perfect together, August 7, 2012

Dismal public pension fund performances, August 6, 2012

Facebook stock slump may hammer California budget, August 3, 2012

Philly looks for arbitration relief, July 31, 2012

Another California city about to bite the dust, July 30, 2012

Stockton and the housing bust, July 25, 2012

Wisconsin's lessons for California, July 17, 2012

More on municipal bankruptcies , July 13, 2012

Bankruptcy: Who is next?, July 12, 2012

Binding arbitration sinks another city, July 10, 2012

Is there a local government hiring boom?, July 6, 2012

Irresistible pension force vs. immovable Medicaid object, July 3, 2012

Brokest state: Another dubious distinction for Illinois, June 28, 2012

How much retirement debt does Illinois have?, June 27, 2012

Wisconsin's pension debt is a liability, too, June 26, 2012

Money can't buy confidence in our public schools, June 22, 2012

Scotus tells union: Ask permission for political spending, June 21, 2012

Opps, my source's evidence is just 'circumstantial', June 20, 2012

Nocera is just wrong about Woonsocket, June 19, 2012

LA school budget: Not to benefit students...., June 18, 2012

Our risk-taking public pension funds, June 15, 2012

Why cities and states aren't hiring..., June 12, 2012

Legislators at the pension trough, June 11, 2012

Stockton: No hoping for the best anymore, June 8, 2012

Energy, manufacturing drive some state economies, June 5, 2012

How important is Wisconsin's vote to other reform efforts?, June 5, 2012

Providence, unions agree on pension cuts, May 31, 2012

What pension payments can do to your budget..., May 29, 2012

CalSTRS hypocrisy on 'fiduciary responsibility', May 24, 2012

Public pensions vault over IRS limits, May 22, 2012

Slow growth, high debt states worry Washington GOP, May 17, 2012

Risky business: Pension valuations, May 16, 2012

Legislators do little to reform their pensions, May 8, 2012

Daley's sweet Chi-town pension deal, May 3, 2012

Providence's fate may rest in courts, May 2, 2012

The new relocation wars, April 28, 2012

The legal impediments to pension reform, April 23, 2012

Myths about women and government job layoffs, April 16, 2012

Sobering news on state tax revenues, April 13, 2012

Union dues no bargain, even to union official, April 12, 2012

LA's harsh budget reality includes fear of bankruptcy, April 9, 2012

Stockton: How politicians betray the public trust, April 6, 2012

Illinois pension official: New reality requires cutting benefits, April 4, 2012

Pension actuaries: Like being morticians in a plague, April 2, 2012

Pension bonds: Bad idea that won't die, March 27, 2012

Tough times require big bucks, March 22, 2012

Wanted: Dow 31,000, March 21, 2012

Property tax woes mean more local budget pain, March 14, 2012

Health care for life at a staggering cost, March 8, 2012

Krugman and the retrenchment of local government, March 5, 2012

Letting CalPERS manage your money, March 1, 2012

Stockton: Another museum of bad ideas, February 28, 2012

Houston, we have a pension problem, February 21, 2012

Pension shenanigans, Jersey edition, February 13, 2012

NEA affiliates in financial difficulty, February 7, 2012

Providence teeters on edge of bankruptcy, February 6, 2012

The federal worker pay premium, February 1, 2012

Little state that's still trying, January 24, 2012

Union joins Newt in bashing Romney, Bain, January 23, 2012

Public pensions lead private equity boom, January 17, 2012

Hatch: Feds need to be involved in state pension crisis, January 10, 2012

Damon--Don't teach for America, January 9, 2012

I can't believe he said that, public sector edition..., January 3, 2012

How Calpers Panicked and Taxpayers Paid, December 28, 2011

RI not out of pension thicket yet...., December 21, 2011

California's troubling pension numbers, December 20, 2011

Emptying pension coffers, December 15, 2011

More government workers get most lucrative pensions, December 13, 2011

Gov. worker absentee rates in R.I. soar, December 8, 2011

Another reason school systems are going broke..., December 6, 2011

Aggrieved educators, December 5, 2011

Public Sector Millionaires, December 1, 2011

Myths about black government worker layoffs, November 30, 2011

Christie: More labor reform needed, November 28, 2011

Pension Sinkhole, November 21, 2011

Ohio Growth Industry: Government, November 11, 2011

Teachers, enrollment and busted budgets, November 10, 2011

About those teacher layoffs, November 4, 2011

Slumping Revenues, Rising Pay, October 31, 2011

Injury Prone Public Workers, Part 2, October 28, 2011

President, VP Ignore Public Sector Hiring Boom, October 24, 2011

Injury Prone Public Workers?, October 21, 2011

Pension Debt Worries Investors, October 18, 2011

Publishing Giant Hit With Huge Tax Bill, October 14, 2011

Harrisburg bellies up to bankruptcy bar, October 12, 2011

The Right Size for Local Government, October 11, 2011

Illinois Private-Sector Workers Pay 2% Solution, October 7, 2011

NY Unions Bite The Hand That Feeds Them, October 4, 2011

Pension Costs Hobble Illinois Budget, September 30, 2011

One Reason Legislators Balk At Pension Reform, September 27, 2011

Miami Pension Vice, September 23, 2011

That Smell Is Pittsburgh's Pension Bailout Plan, September 20, 2011

Hybrid Pension for RI?, September 16, 2011

SEIU Flirts with Rebellion, September 12, 2011

Workers Shut Out Of Rescue Plan, September 7, 2011

Legal Landscape on Pensions Gaining Clarity, September 2, 2011

Pittsburgh Struggles to Avoid Pension Takeover, August 30, 2011

Flash: Unions Still Supporting Dems..., August 26, 2011

We Are All Just Prisoners Here..., August 23, 2011

Market Plunge Highlights Taxpayer Risks on Pensions, August 19, 2011

Fiscal Unreality in San Fran, August 15, 2011

Public Unions Ripe for Insurgency?, August 11, 2011

Pensions, taxpayers and the wild stock market, August 9, 2011

Suppose they gave a march..., August 4, 2011

Pressure's on other Rhode Island cities, August 1, 2011

Surging government-worker retirements: Bad news?, July 29, 2011

Government vs. private salaries in Illinois, July 26, 2011

San Jose's Mayor lays it all out, July 7, 2011

The COLA sweetener must go..., July 1, 2011

CT. unions reject mild givebacks , June 29, 2011

Your tab for public sector pensions--$1,398, June 22, 2011

Retiree costs consume Rhode Island local budgets, June 21, 2011

NJ pension reform, sort of..., June 17, 2011

Report urges changes in L.A. teacher contracts, June 15, 2011

New bid to limit union political donations in California, June 9, 2011

Where the government worker pay gap is higher, June 7, 2011

Rhode Island's pension mess, June 3, 2011

Another union benefit backfires in Los Angeles, June 1, 2011

The real size of government pensions, May 27, 2011

Santa Cruz pension precipice, May 24, 2011

Carelessly granted benefits haunt cities, May 19, 2011

Providence officials consider bankruptcy, May 11, 2011

Wisconsin unions may drop official status, May 10, 2011

Bing's budget headache: Too many workers, May 5, 2011

Disability pensions burn Providence, May 2, 2011

Getting the DROP on pension costs, April 25, 2011

Michigan trains municipal finance SWAT teams, April 21, 2011

Arizona passes pension reforms, April 19, 2011

Kansas City teachers protest quality drive, April 15, 2011

California union blitz on budget, April 13, 2011

Austerity in New Haven, April 11, 2011

Uncomfortable questions for California officials, April 8, 2011

California's tepid pension reform, April 5, 2011

A very active retirement in Rhode Island, April 1, 2011

Government managers seek union protection, March 29, 2011

San Francisco pension nightmare, March 25, 2011

Californians back pension reforms, March 22, 2011

Tangled legacy of progressive reform, March 18, 2011

Retiree health care bill growing sharply, March 15, 2011

Chronicle of a retirement perk, misunderstood, March 9, 2011

Quebec's pension monster, March 4, 2011

While California taxpayers slept..., March 2, 2011

A look at Wisconsin pensions, February 24, 2011

Rosy projections hide pension costs, February 22, 2011

It's about dues, too, February 18, 2011

Fitch warns of state downgrades, February 17, 2011

NJ gets downgrade, February 10, 2011

SEC investigates Rhode Island bonds, February 4, 2011

Saying 'no' to state bankrupty, February 3, 2011

Challenges to pension reform for current workers, January 26, 2011

Rising revenues, widening deficits, January 20, 2011

Why public sector pay matters, January 14, 2011

Public unions vs. private unions, January 5, 2011

Spendthrift schools going broke?, December 29, 2010

It doesn't get much uglier than this..., December 23, 2010

Union giving measured, December 21, 2010

Wisconsin brawl over contracts, December 16, 2010

Kasich eyes collective bargaining reform, December 16, 2010

Union, school district sign reform pact, December 14, 2010

How do defaults occur?, December 7, 2010

The Big Reset in State Budgets, December 7, 2010


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