'...“Mr Walker could only be making these type of proposals to satisfy his most backward-looking, wealthy contributors,” he said, “just as he pursued, as governor, policies advanced by these people that sought to destroy school teachers and other public employees’ rights in Wisconsin.”...'
'...The FEGLI open season runs from Sept. 1 to 30, 2016. During this time, federal employees, who are eligible, can elect or increase their FEGLI life insurance...'
'...The Office of Personnel Management may have suffered more breaches and lost more information than it previously acknowledged...'
'...These are households with enough money to make modest political contributions, enough time to email their elected officials and to sign petitions, and enough influence to sway their neighbors. Upper-middle-class Americans vote at substantially higher rates than those less well-off, and though their turnout levels aren’t quite as high as those even richer than they are...'
'...Those who have spent a long career in government and are covered under the Federal Employees Retirement System are eligible for a benefit known as the FERS Supplement. ...'
