"Teachers will have to contribute to their pensions, after a Michigan Court of Appeals panel rejected a challenge from state teachers' unions. The unions contended that changes to state law requiring the contributions were contrary to promises made in pamphlets, brochures and other documents regarding the retirement system. Judge Kirsten F. Kelly wrote in the appellate ruling that information published by the state about the retirement system did not constitute a contract overruling the changes lawmakers approved to the system."  MORE >>