Senate Bill 12 on House Calendar for April 16
Executive Summary SB 12 is on House Calendar Tomorrow, April 16! The House version of SB 12 provides for a $2400 supplemental payment for retirees. Call your Representative today (1.888.674.3788) and use our Action Alert asking for their support on SB 12. The Texas House of Representatives will debate and vote on the House version […]
Senate Bill 12 On Its Way to House Floor, It’s Time to #RAISETHEBASE!
Executive Summary: TRTA Day at the Capitol hosted approximately 1,500 retirees SB 12 is headed to the House floor Return-to-work bills are in motion TRTA continues to push for additional TRS-Care funding Use TRTA’s Action Alert to encourage your legislator to put as much funding into the TRS pension as possible! Last week was big […]
TRTA Hosts Successful Convention and Day at the Capitol
TRTA Day at the Capitol is Here!
Invite your legislators to TRTA Day at the Capitol by clicking here! Use our hashtag #DAYATTHECAPITOL on Facebook and Twitter to let your legislators, friends, family and colleagues know you are attending the event or supporting TRTA’s efforts from home! Today, April 3, is the Texas Retired Teachers Association Day at the Capitol event! More […]
TRTA Convention and Day at the Capitol Are Almost Here!
Invite your legislators to TRTA Day at the Capitol on April 3! Please be sure to share our press release about convention and Day at the Capitol with your fellow retirees and local media outlets. Please pay attention to the weather forecast. Some recent forecasts have indicated there could be rain and thunderstorms in the […]
House Bill 9 is Heard in Committee
This is a very busy week in the Texas Legislature for TRTA and TRS-related issues! House Bill 9, the House actuarial soundness bill for TRS, was heard in the PIFS Committee The full House debates the budget tomorrow, March 27, and many amendments affecting retirees will be debated Senate Finance will discuss Article III on […]
Senate Passes SB 12
Yes, this is TRTA’s third update of the day! This is a very busy week in the Texas Legislature for TRTA and TRS-related issues! Earlier today, Senate State Affairs passed a resolution urging Congress to repeal the GPO and WEP Today, the full Senate body also passed the TRS actuarial soundness bill, SB 12 See […]
Senate State Affairs Passes Resolution Urging Congress to Repeal GPO, WEP
Senate State Affairs urges Congress to repeal unfair GPO, WEP Tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., Pensions, Investments and Financial Services hears House Bill 9 (a link to the live webcast will be available online tomorrow morning from this link) TRTA meets this week with out-of-state colleagues to discuss strategy on the WEP Today, March 25, 2019, […]
TRTA Convention and Day at the Capitol Next Week!
Click here to send an email to your legislators inviting them to join TRTA for Day at the Capitol on April 3! The Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) is finalizing details for its 66th Annual Convention to be held in Austin April 1—2, 2019. Nearly 1000 retirees are registered for the event already, which is […]
House Appropriations Discusses Budget Bills: HB 1 and SB 500
Today is day 70 of the 140-day legislative session! At the halfway mark of session, the House Appropriations Committee considered budget bills TRTA Executive Director Tim Lee testified in favor of HB 1 and the committee substitute for SB 500, which includes additional dollars for the TRS pension fund HB 1 and SB 500 […]