Author Archives: rvarney

Many members of the Texas Retired Teachers Association (TRTA) and supporters have written us asking about House Bill 2227. HB 2227 by Rep. Gene Wu (D – Houston) is the bill that addresses minor return-to-work violations and allows current retirees to ...

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 ...