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The TRS Board of Trustees is meeting in Lubbock February 15-17. This is a regularly scheduled meeting that will cover a variety of topics. TRTA will be your voice at these important meetings. The TRS Board is placing a heavy ...

This past Sunday (February 5), the Houston Chronicle ran a guest column by Bill King suggesting that public pension plans in Texas are facing a crisis. As you have read in two recent TRTA news bulletins, it is our position ...

Last week, the Board of Trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) held their regularly scheduled board meeting. A presentation comparing the traditional defined benefit retirement plan (such as the one administered by TRS) and the defined contribution ...