Twenty-four years.

That’s how long retired public-sector employees who left the state workforce prior to the 2001 Act 9 pension overhaul have been living without a cost of living adjustment (COLA), but that changed after Gov. Josh Shapiro signed the 2026-27 state budget into law.

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Source: The Keystone, July 13, 2026.