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Advocating for Active and Retired State Employees and Educators
The Georgia State Retirees Association (GSRA) is an organization focused on keeping retirees and prospective retirees from all parts of Georgia Government informed about any impacts to promised retiree and health insurance benefits.
JOIN US! Click the links below to:
Click HERE to view contact info for your U.S. and Georgia legislators
Great Strength, Responsible Advocacy GSRA Annual Meeting: October 5-6, 2026 Robert F Hatcher Sr. Conference Center, Macon, GA:
Click HERE to view the 2026 GSRA Annual Meeting Agenda
Click HERE to Register Online
Click HERE to view and print registration form for mailing with check to GSRA
05/19/26 - The AJC published a fair and balanced article on our lost funding for future COLAs: Brian Kemp’s budget ax cuts raises for Georgia state retirees
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR BLAKE TILLERY, WITH THE SUPPORT OF LT. GOVERNOR BURT JONES, SPEAKER JON BURNS AND HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE CHAIR MATT HATCHETT GOT IT DONE! THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ADDED $100,000,000 FOR PREFUNDING ANNUAL COLAS
See CHAIRMAN TILLERY'S REMARKS TO THE COMMITTEE:
Click this link: Push under Gold Dome seeks regular cost-of-living increases for state retirees to read statements for the media by retired GBI inspector Jim Covington, and retired DNR Law Enforcement Col. Eddie Henderson
Click HERE to View GSRA AMBA Webinars
Click here: Newsletters to read historical newsletters and the July 2026 Newsletter.
The July Newsletter contains these articles: "Lt. Governor Candidate Josh McLaurin Meets with GSRA to Discuss Our Legislative Goals" by Chuck Freedman, "COLA / Post-Retirement Benefit Adjustment Starting This Month by Dan Coffee, "Will the Candidates Show?" By Allan Hill, details on the GSRA 2026 Annual Meeting, October 5-6 in Macon with hotel and registration information, AMBA/GSRA Webinars by Allan Hill, From the Banks of the Chattahoochee River by President Judy Bryson, Local Chapter News, and more!
Your Legislative Committee has been active, meeting with a key advisor to Gov. Kemp and with several important legislators to obtain support for our issues. We will report on further progress in upcoming weeks. Our professional liaison Chuck Clay and our other Legislative Committee members continue to meet with those legislators including both house's retirement committee chairs.
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