The House overwhelmingly supported a one-time $500 payment to help some retirees with increased expenses rather than provide them an ongoing 1.5 percent cost-of-living allowance. It did so over the objections of Rep. Joshua Adjutant, an Enfield.
The House overwhelmingly supported a one-time $500 payment to help some retirees with increased expenses rather than provide them an ongoing 1.5 percent cost-of-living allowance.
A bill headed to the House next week would give some state retirees a one-time $500 payment, a move supporters say would help combat inflation and address the challenge of recruiting and retaining employees who took jobs with the state in part for retirement benefits.
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