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Our new joint report with FLoridaTaxWatch - "Looking At Florida's Municipal Pensions" - February 2013
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 09:40
PRESS RELEASE - Florida TaxWatch and LCI Report, "Looking at Florida's Municipal Pensions"
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Thursday, February 14, 2013 - 09:31
February 13, 2013
Florida TaxWatch and the LeRoy Collins Institute Release "Looking at Florida's Municipal Pensions"
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
TALLAHASSEE- Some Florida cities are taking meaningful steps towards reducing their pension liabilities, according to a Report released today by Florida TaxWatch, the statewide,...
Our Statement Regarding Closing of Collins Center for Public Policy in Miami
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Thursday, January 31, 2013 - 19:00
The LeRoy Collins Institute is saddened to learn of the dissolution of the Collins Center for Public Policy in Miami. Florida needs more, not less, quality public policy research. We want to emphasize that the LeRoy Collins Institute at Florida State University is independent of the Collins Center and is not affected by today’s action. We will...
Our new report "FLORIDA COUNTIES BRIDGE THE ETHICS POLICY GAP" released November 2012
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Friday, November 30, 2012 - 09:44
LCI and CoreMessage Partnership is Award-Winning at Local and State Levels!
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Monday, October 8, 2012 - 11:28
Recently, the LeRoy Collins Institute in partnership with CoreMessage, won a Florida Public Relations Association local and state Golden Image Award for excellence in public relations. The award was given as a result of the excellent execution of a public information campaign to heighten awareness of the growing problem of underfunded local...
LCI releases latest report: Years in the Making: Florida's Underfunded Municipal Pension Plans
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 13:49
LCI recommendations noted in Times-Union editorial 8-31-12
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Wednesday, September 5, 2012 - 12:56
Surveying tough solutions for city's pension hole
Editorial, Posted: August 31, 2012There are several tough choices facing the people of Jacksonville when it comes to the steep job of funding police and fire pensions.
These aren’t the only pension costs facing the city, but they represent the bulk of the unfunded portion....
LCI White Paper - Sustainability and Climate Policy in Florida Communities: A Lack of Commitment?
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Friday, August 31, 2012 - 10:09
- Sustainability and Climate Policy in Florida Communities: A Lack of Commitment?
Jessica Terman, University of Nevada, Reno
Richard C. Feiock, Florida State University
Summer 2012 - Sustainability and Climate Policy in Florida Communities: A Lack of Commitment?
LCI Pension Report Card cited in JMI op ed, see article here
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Wednesday, August 22, 2012 - 10:35
Strong leadership needed now to reform Florida's pensions
By Thomas Perrin, James Madison Institute
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2012/aug/22/...
WFSU cites LCI's findings on city pensions - full article here
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Friday, August 10, 2012 - 09:11
Florida Pension Issue: A Look Forward and A Look Back
By Sascha Cordner, WFSU, 8-09-12Over the course of about a year, major changes have taken place in Florida’s Retirement System. Employees are now required to contribute 3-percent to their pensions and a challenge to that is now before the Florida Supreme Court. State lawmakers...
