Sen. Ryan Mishler (R-Mishawaka) argued that providing public pension retirees with a 13th check this year will prolong a permanent solution to providing enhanced benefits to those retirees. Tens of ...

The Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS) last week finished disbursing almost $60 million to more than 160,000 retired former public employees. The retirees received about $370 on average, in a ...

Despite billions in state reserves, fixed-income retirees who are part of the Indiana public pension program won’t be getting a bonus benefit from the legislature this year. The Retired Indiana Public ...

Indiana should move from ad hoc public retirement benefit increases to a long-term approach that guarantees former public employees a 13th check or cost of living adjustment, or COLA, annually, an ...

Feb. 24—STATEHOUSE — Proposed legislation supported by State Rep. Randy Frye (R-Greensburg) providing a "13th check" to retired public employees and teachers is one step closer to becoming law after ...

I am writing in response to the editorial published by The Journal Gazette on Feb. 6. Online it was titled “Why wasn’t Medicaid fix a House ‘priority bill’ like the 13th check legislation?” First, my ...

Despite billions in state reserves, fixed income retirees who are part of the Indiana public pension program won’t be getting a bonus benefit from the Legislature this year. The Retired Indiana Public ...

While both the COLA and 13th check seek to augment retiree pensions, they do so in different ways. The 13th check is an additional, one-time check on top of the year’s other monthly payments while the ...

State retirees Harry Roader of Florence, Bernard Sandman of Wilder, and Margaret Hurst of Franklin County all want to see the state legislature add a "13th check" to their pension payments. FRANKFORT ...

Indiana should move from ad hoc public retirement benefit increases to a long-term approach that guarantees former public employees a 13th check or cost of living adjustment (COLA) annually, an ...