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Detroit Pension Funds Foot Bill For Trustees’ Hawaii Trip

Four trustees of Detroit’s two reportedly underfunded public pension funds are expected to travel this weekend to a Hawaiian resort for a conference, with the $22,000 tab paid for by the funds.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/17

No Prison For Michigan Woman In NFL Pension Fraud

The Detroit-area daughter of an ex-Chicago Bears player has been sentenced to six months in a halfway house for collecting about $70,000 from an NFL retirement fund after her dad died.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/03

Mich. Woman Faces Sentence For NFL Pension Fraud

Prosecutors are recommending no prison time for an Oakland County woman who forged her late father’s signature and collected about $70,000 from an NFL pension plan.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/05/02

Study: Cities Have $12.7B In Retiree Health Costs

Michigan cities and townships that provide health care for retired public workers face nearly $13 billion in unfunded costs, with half setting aside no money to cope with a bill gobbling up more of their budgets.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/16

Sheriff Seeks To Settle Retirement Payment Issue

A County Sheriff’s attorney says her plan to resolve tens of thousands of dollars in payments mistakenly made to his retirement account doesn’t involve giving back any money.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/10

U-M Analysis: Fewer Have Retirement Funds, More Raid Them

The proportion of working Americans with pensions of any kind has steadily decreased since 2001, according to a University of Michigan analysis that suggests trouble ahead for U.S. seniors.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/06

Ex-NFL Player’s Daughter Guilty In Pension Fraud

A Detroit-area woman has pleaded guilty to fraud after illegally collecting money from an NFL pension plan years after her father’s death.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/02/02

Turkia Mullin, center (WWJ Photo/Mike Campbell).

No County Pension For Turkia Mullin

A former high-ranking Wayne County official has been rejected for a lucrative pension that would pay her at least $100,000 a year.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/11/21

Ex-Teacher Who Impregnated Student Will Get Pension, State Health Care

A 59-year-old former Michigan teacher who authorities say had a sexual relationship with a then-16-year-old student in 2010 is expected to keep getting his pension from the state.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2012/08/15