June 21--A dozen former Hazleton employees collected more than $340,000 in disability pension payments in 2014, with the cost accounting for about 15 percent of the $2.57 million in pension payments ...

PROVIDENCE − A potential compromise has been reached in a high-stakes battle over 100% injured-on-duty pay − and tax-free disability pensions − for police and firefighters diagnosed with ...

An NYPD officer debilitated by COVID and unable to work again won’t get a line-of-duty disability pension because of disagreement at the Police Pension Fund over how to handle such cases. Although the ...

A Florida woman has been arrested for allegedly collecting nearly $100,000 in disability payments Connecticut paid to her ...

State senators Monday voted to guarantee firefighters tax-free disability pensions if they get cancer and make it more difficult to revoke occupational licenses for criminal convictions. But Senate ...

A veteran Bronx detective disabled by COVID and unable to work again has been granted a disability pension, potentially setting the stage for other cops to get the same benefits. Detective Mike Smith ...

Top Connecticut state officials — including the governor, legislative leaders and those overseeing the retirement system — vowed to make a series of sweeping reforms to address glaring loopholes in ...

Rhode Island taxpayers are in need of a fiscal Paul Revere this week. His message might not be as elegant as the original, but it’s still urgent. “The PTSD disability pensions are coming.” For Rhode ...

Former Oakland police officer Michael Shinn was on leave with a broken finger when he found out his boss planned to fire him for failing to file a report, according to an account in a recent ruling ...