$1.4 trillion in state pension fights foreshadowed in Rhode Island
Monday, October 8, 2012
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Retired social worker Jim Gillis was told his $36,000 Rhode Island state pension would increase by $1,100 next year to keep up with inflation. But lawmakers suspended annual increases, leaving Gillis wondering how he'll pay medical bills and whether he'd been betrayed by his former employer.
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