Mississippi Business Journal » pensions http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 It’s beginning to feel a lot like Wisconsin http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/21/it%e2%80%99s-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like-wisconson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like-wisconson http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/21/it%e2%80%99s-beginning-to-feel-a-lot-like-wisconson/#comments Sun, 21 Aug 2011 06:00:40 +0000 Nancy Anderson http://msbusiness.com/?p=45035 I’ve never been to Wisconsin, but I’m imagining what it will be like when Wisconsin comes to Mississippi. Gov. Barbour has appointed a commission to “examine” the state retirement system, affectionately known as PERS. PERS is a defined benefit plan, aka pension plan. Its benefits are based on longevity, age at retirement, and salary. The [...]

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