TPEA Blog

Texas Silver-Haired Legislature Supports Supplemental ERS Pension Funding from State for Pension Soundness

The Texas Silver-Haired Legislature (TSHL) is an essential nonpartisan advocacy forum for older Texans (60 and over) to discuss senior citizen issues, debate those issues, and establish legislative priorities for the Texas Legislature to consider....

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Essential Texans II: Staying the Course As Texans find their pandemic escape in the state park system, park rangers work overtime to keep these little cities of nature open. You probably couldn't tell it's been a challenge. We recently...

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Texas Was Ready When Texans in need of mental health services began quarantining, they turned to virtual counseling (a.k.a. telepsychology) to stay well. If not for Texas state employees, those seeking telepsychology may not have found so...

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List of bills filed that relate to state employees and retirees

Texas legislators are currently filing bills to be put through the legislative process when session starts January 21, 2021. So far, there have been 14 bills filed that relate to state employees and retirees. Here's the list:   Employee...

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