We met Mary Morris when a retirement savings program was still a twinkle in Virginia’s eye. Now, under her leadership, the state is moving steadily forward with a program that could cover more than 1.2 million workers who until now have not had payroll-based access to retirement savings.

Amidst aflurry of legislative activity and the milesones reached by existing state-facilitated retirement savigns programs, here is the Grant’s Go-To’s list of top 5 stories from 2021.

• Retirement Security Meets Diversity – with Hunter Railey

• State stats – redux – you’ll see what we mean

• Fresh highlights from Colorado, Maine, Maryland and New Mexico

• Would you go the literal extra mile? Joel Metlen shares his stories