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A contentious bill raising pension and health benefits costs for more than a half-million New Jersey government workers goes back to the state Senate one more time on Monday for a formality vote.

The New Jersey Assembly passed landmark legislation Thursday that requires public employees to pay more for pension and health benefits.

When analysts attack, the case for and against HSAs and, oops!, a health reform loophole is discovered

The Kansas governor appointed five people to a new commission that will study whether Kansas should move toward a 401(k)-style pension plan for new teachers and government workers.

The move to stabilize New Jersey's underfunded pension and health care systems by requiring public workers to pay sharply more for the benefits while suspending bargaining over health care was fast-tracked through the Legislature Monday, after Democrats joined with Republicans to buck the powerful public employee unions.

Bucking the state's powerful public employee unions, the New Jersey Senate on Monday passed a bill requiring sharply higher contributions for health benefits and pensions from more than a half-million government workers, while suspending unions' ability to bargain over health care.

AARP's CEO A. Barry Rand released a statement Friday, saying the group's position on Social Security hasn't changed, despite media reports that it no longer opposes cuts to Social Security benefits.

New Jersey legislation requiring public workers to shoulder a larger portion of their pension and health benefits costs and restricting collective bargaining over health care picked up steam this week.