• Chair Talk – May 2025

    Chair Talk – May 2025

    By Cheryl Streberger At the May Coordinating Council meeting we had as our guest Arva Overton, who many of you know is retiring at the end of May.…

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  • Capitol News – May 2025

    Capitol News – May 2025

    By Mary Pollock Background — In 1987, the State Employee Retirement Act was amended to provide that defined benefit (DB) retirees receive a 3% or $300 (whichever is less)…

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  • Retirement Matters – May 2025

    Retirement Matters – May 2025

    Medicaid and You Who Is Covered? – Many of usthink of Medicaid as the program that pays for the health care for low-income individuals.  It is the largest…

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  • Capitol News – April 2025

    Capitol News – April 2025

    By Mary Pollock SCRAP THE CAP UPDATE SERA has received the 16-page data-intensive Actuarial Study of proposed improvements in the 3 percent or $300 cap on the annual…

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  • Retirement Matters – April 2025

    Retirement Matters – April 2025

    By Joanne Bump U.S. Household Net Worth — The U.S Household Net Worth (or assets less liabilities) reached a new peak in 2024 as the unemployment rate and household…

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  • Chair Talk – March 2025

    Chair Talk – March 2025

    By Cheryl Streberger Dear Lansing SERA members, it has come to my attention that the Lansing SERA executive board voted on March 5, 2025, to sever the relationship…

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