Tag Archives: staterun

Over the last 13 years, Jason Allaire, a captain with the Rhode Island Division of Sheriffs, had saved thousands of dollars in a state retirement plan created for public employees. The account is a 401(a), a 401(k) equivalent for government workers, so he assumed it worked the same way: He could withdraw funds before he hit retirement age but would …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says “Alligator Alcatraz” will serve as a model for state-run migrant detention centers, and she told CBS News in an interview that she hopes to launch a handful of similar detention centers in multiple airports and jails across the country, in the coming months. Potential sites are already under consideration in Arizona, Nebraska and Louisiana.  …