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Delaware is pursuing an interstate collaboration for the Delaware Expanding Access for Retirement and Necessary Savings (EARNS) Program. It launched the program in 2022.  According to the office of State Treasurer Colleen Davis, the EARNS Program board on July 13 voted unanimously to authorize her... READ MORE
State programs to provide coverage to private-sector employees whose employers do not provide a retirement plan are in motion, and there is a little more traffic on the road. RetirePath Virginia Hits the Road RetirePath Virginia, the state-run program that will provide retirement plan coverage to... READ MORE
As most of the state legislative sessions have adjourned, the amount of bills the NTSA reviews daily has decreased. This has given us an opportunity to reenergize projects that were put on the back burner during the intense legislative calendar.  But First: Illinois Success! We have wonderful... READ MORE
The nuts and bolts of running a state program to provide retirement plan coverage to private-sector employees whose employers do not is occupying state governments' time lately.  Fine-Tuning the Retirement Savings Program Down East   The government of Maine has enacted a measure that adjusts its... READ MORE
Nevada private-sector employees whose employers do not provide retirement plans have struck gold: the Silver State has joined those that are providing such programs. The comparable plan provided by neighboring Oregon, the first state to put one in place, now counts more than $200 million in its... READ MORE
A big piece of fixing Alaska’s problem with teacher staffing is addressing retirement plan issues, says none other than the Majority Leader of the State Senate.  Cathy Giessel (R-Anchorage), the Majority Leader of the Alaska Senate, made her comments as a panelist in the June 12 National Institute... READ MORE
Nevada is poised to become another state with a state-run retirement savings program for private-sector employees.  The Nevada Assembly passed the bill, SB305, on June 4 by a vote of 35-7. Senate Chief Majority Whip Dallas Harris (D-Las Vegas) introduced the bill on March 16; it was referred to... READ MORE
Vermont is now among the states providing a state-run plan for private-sector employees whose employers are not. Gov. Phil Scott (R) has signed into law the measure that called for the creation of their iteration.  On June 1, Scott signed S. 135, the bill that creates VTSaves.  Action on the... READ MORE
Minnesota is now offering a state-run plan for private-sector employees whose employers do not, and Pennsyvlania is one step closer to establishing one. Meanwhile, the ink is barely dry on the measures that created such plans in Connecticut and Maine, but already bills are advancing in the... READ MORE
CalSavers' growth in assets continues apace, and they now amount to more than half a billion dollars;  registrations are growing too, but not in as dramatic a fashion.  CalSavers Assets Hit Half Billion April, it has been said, is the cruelest month. No offense to Chaucer, but CalSavers — the... READ MORE
The Land of 10,000 Lakes is poised to become the next to adopt a measure creating a state-run retirement program that provides coverage for private-sector employees whose employers do not. The state Senate approved the bill that would do so on May 11, and the House had done so 10 days earlier; the... READ MORE
Vermont is close to establishing a state-run retirement plan to provide coverage for employees whose private-sector employers do not, and Pennsylvania is on the road to that.    Green Mountain State Poised to Join State Plan Club   The Vermont House of Representatives has passed legislation that... READ MORE
Editor's Note: This feature in the NTSA Advisor provides a look at what’s going on in the states and the most recent developments in their activity to provide and enhance retirement plan coverage.   What has it meant for teachers in Alaska that their retirement plan was part of the widespread... READ MORE
Editor's Note: This feature in the NTSA Advisor provides a look at what’s going on in the states and the most recent developments in their activity to provide and enhance retirement plan coverage. Bills before the legislatures in Minnesota, Maine, and Illinois would adjust retirement savings... READ MORE
Editor's Note: This feature in the NTSA Advisor provides a look at what’s going on in the states and the most recent developments in their activity to provide and enhance retirement plan coverage. Minnesota may join other states that provide retirement plan coverage to private-sector employees... READ MORE
What’s going on in the states? The state Senates of Montana and Vermont are considering bills that would affect retirement plan coverage of teachers and employees whose employers don’t offer a plan. Editor's Note:  This feature in the NTSA Advisor provides a look at what’s going on in the states... READ MORE
This new feature in the NTSA Advisor provides a look at what’s going on in the states and the most recent developments in their activity to provide and enhance retirement plan coverage.    Nevada Could Join State Plan Club Private-sector employees in the Silver State whose employers do not... READ MORE
This new feature in the NTSA Advisor provides a look at what’s going on in the states and the most recent developments in their activity to provide and enhance retirement plan coverage.  Expanded Coverage Options for Certain FL Teachers Proposed   Legislation is before the Florida Senate and... READ MORE
Legislation is before the Illinois Senate that would expand coverage and options available to certain employees in the education sector.  SB 1647 On Feb. 8, Sen. Robert F. Martwick (D-Chicago) introduced SB 1647, a bill that would amend the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code... READ MORE
The latest deadline for registering with the Connecticut Retirement Security Program — also known as MyCTSavings — looms. And the program itself could be fine-tuned if legislation now before the state House of Representatives is enacted.  The Connecticut Retirement Security Program is a state-... READ MORE

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