Can you believe it? As we say farewell to August, September has blasted in. This week, RSM is dropping the summer s-t-r-e-t-c-h and resuming its bi-weekly schedule. Stop thinking about baseball, or your kids, grab a refreshing beverage, and get ready to ease into fall with some content to make you smarter, better, and faster. We said it.

• Fall Season - Getting Ready for 2024! And tips for the rest of 2023

• Frrreshhh state metrics vs. the much anticipated $1 billion in assets milestone

• Updates from California, Colorado + Maine, Illinois and Massachusetts

• Best Practices: We go blue.

• Hot Sauce! and some cooool stuff

• … PIC of the Week! Just one.

We gave you a lot to think about in our last edition – with focus areas ranging across the spaces of legislative advocacy, financial expertise, and tech innovation. And we promised you a little bit more.

With the nip of fall in the air, we are looking forward. It’s conference season, so we’ll see you out and about. And as you are sharing social moments with colleagues, thinking creatively about the future, we’ve got you covered.

Happy National Financial Literacy Month. In the U.S. April kicks off a national focus on financial education and financial inclusion. We are all about that! We hope it’s starting to look like spring where you are. Snag something delicious and settle in for:

• Five things we just heard – part 2 (the end)

• Fresh state metrics

• Updates from Colorado, Connecticut, New Jersey, Hawaii, Missouri, and some Global updates

• In the world of state-sponsored retirement programs, how much does culture matter? Expert Joel Metlen weighs in