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More generous-than-expected raises for California state workers are nudging up the cost of public employee pensions, according to the California Public Employees’ Retirement System. But, for one year, ...

California’s public employee unions often put up the big money — and the only money — in elections for seats on the board that oversees the state’s largest pension fund. This summer, they pulled ...