Editorial: Lawmakers must tackle pension costs

Full story: Burlington Free Press

The cost of retirement benefits for public workers is threatening to swallow up the state budget, and it's a problem that won't be solved by simply shifting the responsibility for teacher pensions from Montpelier to local school boards.

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