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By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Newton County’s first-year lawmaker talks 2021 session District 113 State Rep. Sharon Henderson of Covington stands with Chief Justice Harold Melton and Melton s wife, Kimberly. (Special | Sharon Henderson)
COVINGTON, Ga. When cheers of “Sine Die!” rang throughout the State Capitol on April 1, it marked the end of Rep. Sharon Henderson’s first Georgia General Assembly session as a lawmaker.
Henderson, D-Covington, was sworn into office on Jan. 11 after defeating five-term incumbent Rep. Pam Dickerson for the District 113 seat in the June 2020 Democrat Primary. Henderson is the lone Newton County legislator that resides within the county. She represents portions of Newton and Rockdale counties.
From Hong Kong to Sydney, San Francisco to Zurich, the staff at Pennsylvania’s largest pension fund have run up big travel bills Craig R. McCoy, The Philadelphia Inquirer
To oversee how a massive Pennsylvania pension fund invests its money, an elite band of Harrisburg-based finance experts traverses the globe.
They head to Wall Street, of course, but also to San Francisco and Boston, London and Hong Kong, Paris and Sydney, and Beijing and Bermuda.
Now The Inquirer has learned the cost of these trips by the staff of the $62 billion retirement plan for Pennsylvania teachers and school employees. The bills for some are startling.
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Despite economic upheaval, massive job losses, business shutdowns and uncertainty in the investment market throughout 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the state pension plan achieved a record $114.9 billion valuation entering 2021.
Even after paying out more than $6.5 billion in gross benefits, the pension plan showed a $9.3 billion gain over the Dec. 31, 2019, value of $105.6 billion, the State Treasurerâs Office reported Wednesday, though the 2020 figures could change slightly, depending on official results from the monthly auditing process that should be concluded by the end of this month.
More than 304,000 state and local government retirees receive pension benefits through the North Carolina Retirement Systems pension plan.