Retirement Systems of Alabama

Lacey and Dr. Jurgenson continue their chat about retirement planning, starting with audience questions and ending on what the professor wants everyone to know about retirement!

If the very mention of the phrase “retirement planning” makes you shudder, you’re definitely not alone—2026 survey data from the National Institute on Retirement Security says somewhere between 40 and 55 percent of Americans feel unprepared for or lack confidence in having stability in their retirement years. Another survey says 47% of America’s workers believe they’ll never be able to fully retire. Here to hopefully dispel some anxiety is Dr. Jesse Jurgenson, an Assistant Professor of Practice within the Texas Tech University School of Financial Planning. He formerly spent three years teaching at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa as a personal finance pro before heading to Lubbock.

Fewer Alabama teachers are retiring. That is according to the Teachers’ Retirement System (TRS), which compiled the retirement rates of all 142 public school districts in the state during the 2022-23 school year.

Alabama’s teachers are getting some good news about their retirement savings.Al.com reports investments by the Alabama Teachers’ Retirement System,…

An Alabama judge will hear arguments today in a dispute between the state’s teachers and their health insurance provider.The Alabama Education Association…

The Alabama Education Association is taking public school teachers’ insurance provider to court.The group says the Public Education Employees’ Health…

A coalition of environmental activists is sounding the alarm about a plan the Tennessee Valley Authority is considering for storing its coal ash.The TVA…

The Alabama State Senate and House of Representatives began their special legislative session yesterday, then quickly adjourned for three weeks.Governor…

Today may be the day of reckoning for supporters of football at The University of Alabama at Birmingham.UAB President Ray Watts says he will announce his…

Alabama teachers and other education employees will soon be shelling out more for insurance if they smoke or have a spouse on the plan.A state board voted…