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SPRINGFIELD – A House panel last week advanced a bill aimed at reforming a state pension plan known as the “Tier 2” system, but only with the understanding that negotiations will continue and no final ...

This story has been updated at 3 p.m. ET, May 1. Republicans on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee voted Wednesday mostly along party lines to advance a series of proposals that would ...