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        "summary": "At least 18 states have taken or are considering steps to ease requirements for workers compensation as the virus puts a wider range of front-line employees in danger.",
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        "summary": "New Jersey has the worst-funded state retirement system in the nation.",
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        "summary": "New Jersey is rated three steps below benchmark debt, with a negative outlook. A one-step downgrade would place it with California and Illinois in the single-A category.",
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        "prettyDate": "April 08, 2014",
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        "summary": "New York state and localities including Westchester County borrowed a record $1.4 billion to cover retirement contributions this year, showing how even the wealthiest communities are struggling to make the payments.",
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