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Supplemental Payment Bill Heard in House Committee Legislation would use fund’s investment earnings to make payment Legislation authored by Representative Larry Gonzales (R-Round Rock) would provide Texas public education retirees with a supplemental payment similar to the one provided in ...

Senate Recommendation Protects TRS-Care   Senator Finance Committee Restores Funds for TRS-Care and TRS Pension Fund A proposal designed by Senator Robert Duncan (R-Lubbock) to protect TRS-Care participants from seeing a premium increase in the coming biennium, as well as ...

Security Failure Comptroller’s Office Makes Statement An alarming statement was issued by the Office of Texas Comptroller Susan Combs yesterday. For over a year, that agency has left sensitive personal information about people in the Teacher Retirement System of Texas ...