Senate Finance Hearing Today, New Budget Workgroup for TRS-Care Announced!

The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) would like to thank our dedicated members for reaching out to their Senators in advance of today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing to discuss budgeting concerns for the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS). TRTA members have sent more than 2,000 emails since Friday, encouraging their Senators to work with […]

Senate Finance Committee Meets, Discusses Teacher Retirement System Budget Requests

Today, January 24, 2017, the Senate Finance Committee met to discuss several state budget items, including requests from the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) for the pension fund and the TRS-Care retiree health insurance program. Today’s meeting was just the beginning of numerous budget discussions to be had over the course of the legislative […]