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Illinois lawmakers intend to push forward with a plan to cut government pension costs by making employees pay more or accept lower benefits.

The Buffalo Bills have suspended pension plan payments to all employees — including coaches — during the NFL lockout and potentially the rest of the year.

It will be harder for Wisconsin public workers to be covered by the state retirement system and take longer to get vested to receive pension benefits under action by the Legislature's budget committee.

Rhode Island's pension system requires a swift and precise overhaul to correct decades of poor policymaking decisions that have left it among the most expensive and poorly funded in the U.S., the state treasurer said Monday.

Rhode Island's pension system requires a swift and precise overhaul to correct decades of poor policymaking decisions.

An Associated Press poll shows that most Americans don't believe that Social Security and Medicare have to be cut in order to balance the federal budget.