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State pension crisis: how did we get here?

Jake Corman
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Pick your favorite issue or cause in Pennsylvania: public education, services for the poor, tax breaks for businesses.

Chances are, there's going to be less money for any of these moving forward because the state's public employee pension bill is growing exponentially, with a current unfunded liability of $53 billion.

Read the full version of this report at the website of Keystone CrossroadsThis is the part of a series of stories about Pennsylvania's municipal pensions, which are airing on WPSU this week. Keystone Crossroads is a new statewide public media initiative reporting on the challenges facing Pennsylvania's cities. WPSU is a participating station. 

Kevin McCorry reports predominantly on education for the Keystone Crossroads project.
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