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In 10 months in office, Gov. Lincoln Chafee has managed to anger an impressive assortment of constituencies: business leaders and organized labor, medical marijuana advocates and critics of illegal immigration.

Rival deficit-cutting plans advanced by Republicans and Democrats on Congress' secretive supercommittee would both mean smaller-than-expected cost of living benefit increases for veterans and federal retirees as well as Social Security recipients and bump up taxes for some individuals and families, according to officials familiar with the recommendations.

Gov. Jerry Brown will propose sweeping rollbacks to public employee pension benefits in California, including raising the retirement age to 67 for new employees who are not public safety workers and requiring state and local employees to pay more toward their retirement and health care, according to a draft of...

Rhode Island public workers and retirees pushed back against a major public pension overhaul proposal Wednesday, urging lawmakers to slow down their deliberations to ensure any changes are fair.

The Department of Labor plans to repropose its controversial rule amending the definition of fiduciary under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) shortly after the first of the year, Phyllis Borzi, assistant secretary for DOLs Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), told a group of retirement plan specialists on Tuesday.

Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee and Treasurer Gina Raimondo warned lawmakers Monday of dire consequences if they don't pass their ambitious public pension overhaul proposal.

The U.S. Department of Labors Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will hold a public meeting on Nov. 8 and 9 at Labor Department headquarters, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 20210.

Hundreds of Rhode Island firefighters and other public workers lined Statehouse hallways Tuesday as state leaders unveiled an ambitious and politically charged proposal to overhaul the state's hemorrhaging retirement system.