State, Local Governments Altering Health Benefits
Fifty-six percent of surveyed state and local governments are making changes to workers' health benefits in 2013, according to a report by the Center for State & Local Government Excellence. The report found that 44% of surveyed state and local governments are modifying retirement programs this year.
- "Survey: Governments Rely Less on Hiring Freezes and Pay Cuts" (Ortiz, "The State Worker," Sacramento Bee, 5/16).