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Click here to contact your legislator, and ask them to support TRS-Care funding! The Texas Legislature’s special session will soon be over, and the clock is ticking to pass bills related to TRS-Care reform. The special session will come to ...

HB 20, which would provide $212.7 million towards TRS-Care, passed the House. HB 80, which would authorize TRS to make a Cost-of-Living Adjustment for those who’ve retired since Aug. 31, 2004, passed the House. The Texas House met today to ...

As the first called special session of the 85th Legislature continues, members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) are watching for movement on bills impacting their retirement benefits. As TRTA reported recently, several bills already have been discussed in ...