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...went from 53.8 percent See READER OPINION, Page 7Afunded in 2009 to 73 percent funded in 2012. And the Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) went from 59.8 percent funded in 2009 to 72.5 percent funded in 2012. In total, the 2010 reforms...

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State pension reforms

...Association (PERA) General Plan went from 53.8 percent funded in 2009 to 73 percent funded in 2012. And the Teachers Retirement Association (TRA) went from 59.8 percent funded in 2009 to 72.5 percent funded in 2012. In total, the 2010 reforms...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2013-01-27/state-pension-reforms
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Retired Minn. educators under fire for returning to work

...have to pay 6 percent contributions into the Teachers Retirement Association. They took salary cuts, including $5...benefits. See TEACHERS, Page 5ARetirees in the Teachers Retirement Association system can keep their jobs or get a new one...

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State of Minnesota sued on behalf of 4,200 teachers

...lawsuit Monday on behalf of thousands of their co-workers against the state and one of its agencies, the Teachers Retirement Association, over a decades-old pension issue. ''The State of Minnesota failed to honor their word to these Minnesota...

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Correction

...Wednesday. The story should have said he will retire in 2 1/2 years, as long as he pays his share for the Teacher Retirement Association pension. The Dispatch regrets the error.

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UNRETIRED

...996, compared with his former salary of $78,000. Bloom said he retired because he qualified for the Teacher Retirement Association Rule 90 guidelines. He said if he continued as director he would not have been able to maximize his benefits...

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Pillager superintendent steps down

...retire at the end of this year school because he was ready for a change in his life. He also qualified for the Teacher Retirement Association Rule 90 guidelines last year. "I'm also retiring for personal reasons," said Johnson. "I have five...

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Board mulls uncertainties

...there are few other options other than salary and benefit reductions. Unstable future of TRA Lund said the Teachers Retirement Association, a statewide public pension fund, sustained an investment loss of about 19 percent last year, following...

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Lawsuit to be filed in teachers' retirement case

ST. PAUL (AP) -- A lawsuit is expected to be filed Monday against the state of Minnesota and the Teachers Retirement Association seeking relief for teachers who are ineligible for a retirement plan linked to the stock market. St. Paul...

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Pension payout to be inflation-only this time

...science at Winona Senior High School until retiring in 1993 and now serves on the board of the Minnesota Teachers Retirement Association, predicted that those who will be most hurt are people who retired recently or took early retirement.

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