Happy Late January! The year’s off to a fast start, and there’s plenty happening in retirement savings. Warm up with a hot drink (Jan. 31 is National Hot Chocolate Day!) and dive into Illinois Secure Choice at five, updates from California, Connecticut, and Maine, a hot take on SECURE 2.0’s Saver’s Match, Hot Sauce, and Pix of the Week. Enjoy!

• A commercial moment – what! Yes.

• Five things we just heard in rooms we were in last week

• Frrresshhhh state metrics

• Updates from Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Hawaii

• Scott Morrison on Wide Open Futures

You, my friend, are making it through the wintry month of February. #Welldone! We have some distractions for you today. Enjoy away!

• What’s on deck today? We think you’ll like these:

• Treasurer Michael Frerichs talks Illinois Secure Choice

• State programs serve more than 275,000 savers

• Fresh news from Oregon, Colorado, Vermont, Connecticut, Illinois, Virginia and Idaho

• Grant Sez: Let’s consider the Employer Mandate

• Super Hot Sauce … new research from NBER and NIRS

• And, you got it, Pix of the Week!