Florida teachers have filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the state from requiring them to contribute 3% of their pay towards their pensions.
States' debt loads are high enough, but when you combine them with their pension obligations, the numbers are really eye-popping.
The weak economy and dwindling stimulus funds are behind a rare drop in spending on prisons in many U.S. states, according to a study released Friday.
When the majority of the country's 225 state-sponsored pension plans release their annual reports this month, the numbers will paint a bleak picture. Unfortunately, the reality may be even worse.
For the first time since 1972, the number of state prisoners in the United States has dropped, albeit only slightly, the Pew Center on the States reported Wednesday in a survey.
Just as they are contending with massive gaps in their operating budgets, states and localities must also deal with a $1 trillion deficit in public employees' retirement benefits' funds, a new report found.
The same economic pressures that pushed California to the brink of insolvency are wreaking havoc on other states, a new report has found.
A record number of Americans served time in corrections systems across the country in 2007, according to a report released Monday by the Pew Center on the States.
Ever find yourself struggling to craft the perfect sentence for a loved one who's, um, serving a sentence? Now, you have a friend in the greeting card business.
For the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report tracking the surge in inmate population
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