Experts unlike ruling in Facebook speech case

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: May 4, 2012
Tags: daniel ray carter, facebook, first amendment, hampton sheriff b.j. roberts, jim adams, like, like button, protected speech, public employees, U.S. District Judge Raymond Jackson

NORFOLK, Va. — The “like” button on Facebook seems like a relatively clear way to express your support for something, but a federal judge says that doesn’t mean clicking it is constitutionally protected speech. Exactly what a “like” means — if anything — played a part in a case in Virginia involving six people who [...]

Maryland benefits panel to vote on funding problems

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 20, 2010
Tags: Annapolis, benefits, commission, employee benefits, Health Care, liabilities, maryland, proposal, public employees, retirees, state, workers

ANNAPOLIS — Members of a state employees benefits commission will begin voting on how to resolve large unfunded liabilities in Maryland’s pension and health benefit system for state workers. The Public Employees’ & Retirees’ Benefits Commission will meet Monday in Annapolis to consider a host of proposals, including one that would increase the retirement age [...]

Analysts: Maryland retiree benefit freeze illegal

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: December 13, 2010
Tags: Annapolis, cost of living, fiscal, Government, illegal, legislature, maryland, pension, public employees, retiree, Retirees Benefits' Sustainability Commission, retirement, tax

ANNAPOLIS — Members of a Maryland commission continued to grapple with how to resolve large, unfunded liabilities in the pension and health benefit system for state workers Monday, delaying any decisions until next week after one contested cost-savings option was deemed illegal. State legislative analysts told the Public Employees’ and Retirees Benefits’ Sustainability Commission they’d [...]