Author Archives: rvarney

Members of the Texas Retired Teacher Association (TRTA) have been awaiting progress on the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) actuarial soundness bill, Senate Bill 12. The bill, created by Senator Joan Huffman (R – Houston), originally passed the Senate ...

Over the past week, bad weather in Texas has affected multiple cities with calamities such as flooding and tornado damage. Kingwood, Texas received more than 10 inches of rain in 18 hours. While the rainfall hasn’t been as devastating as ...

Even though the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) recently completed its 66thAnnual Convention in Austin April 1-2, members of the TRTA staff already are busy preparing for next year’s event to be held in Corpus Christi, Texas. Recent conversations with ...