What states are doing to address the private-sector retirement savings gap.

• Position: News & Numbers - Brief article

While auto-IRAs are the most effective state strategy for addressing the private-sector retirement savings gap, a national auto-IRA would be more efficient, according to a new issue brief by the Center for State and Local Government Excellence (SLGE). It examines the nature of the coverage problem, the initiatives that states have taken to address it, and what the U.S. Department of Labor has done to remove regulatory barriers. Four states--California, Oregon, Illinois, and Connecticut--have enacted...