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Committee hears bill to raise long-unchanged veterans pension bonus
Summary
The Joint Committee on Public Service heard testimony supporting legislation to raise a veterans’ pension bonus that has remained unchanged for decades, with advocates saying the cost is small and would be absorbed in existing pension funding schedules.
Representative Dennis Gallagher asked the Joint Committee on Public Service to report favorably on legislation to increase a decades-old veterans pension bonus for public employees.
Gallagher said the current benefit “gives public service employees who are veterans $15 a month added to their pension up to $300 a year,” and that his bill would “increase that amount from $15…
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