Anne Arundel County Executive Laura Neuman said she submitted a bill Thursday to the County Council that makes numerous changes to the county's contribution for health insurance for its retired employees.

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Maryland counties are funding only about 50 percent of their retiree pension and benefit systems, according to a study by the Maryland Public Policy Institute, in part because almost no local money is being spent on some post-employment benefits.

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MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — An ex-railroad worker from Maryland who ran a West Virginia scrap yard while collecting disability checks will spend 18 months in prison for tax evasion. Fifty-year-old Kenneth Harold Hogan of Oldtown, Md., was sentenced in U.S. District ...

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For most people these days, the idea of retiring early is just a dream. That’s due, in part, to the costs associated with obtaining health insurance before age 65, when Medicare eligibility kicks in. And, even with Medicare, a retiree’s ...

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ANNAPOLIS — The special state pensions commission has wrapped up its work, recommending more possible changes in public employee retirement benefits. These included shifting half the cost of teacher pensions to local school systems and asking the attorney general to ...

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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 ...

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ANNAPOLIS — State legislative analysts in Maryland say a proposal to freeze cost-of-living adjustments for retirees would be illegal. The analysts told members of Maryland’s Public Employees and Retirees Benefits Commission on Monday that a five-year freeze on cost-of-living increases ...

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