As the Northern Hemisphere prepares for winter’s arrival, we’re bringing you exciting updates to dive into this October. Cozy up with a blanket and a warm cup of cocoa as we explore the latest in retirement security, including a closer look at the Retirement Savings Report Card, fresh September data on State Auto IRA metrics, key updates from Vermont, and a roundup of this week’s must-reads in Hot Sauce, Cool Stuff. Don’t miss our Pix of the Week to top it all off!

• What financial advisors think about Auto IRAs: Alice Tang in Oregon

• What metric has just crossed 50,000? *Fresh* state stats!

• Updates from California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, and Oregon

• Lorie Latham on Retirement Program oversight: Five Tips from a Pro

• Hot Sauce … new proposal, new research, and some fun stuff

• Pix of the Week! snow, broken bones, dogs, toilet paper … we got it all

• We’ve got some welcome October rains going on here. Pull up a cushion and a blanket, grab a hot cocoa, and enjoy some perspectives from a warmer place:

• Greece and Retirement. We publish this view in its glorious entirety. Scrolling alert.