AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine lawmakers are taking up proposals aimed at easing a looming debt in Maine's pension system — including a bill to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65 for new hires.
The proposal reviewed by the Appropriations Committee on Monday is also included in Gov. Paul LePage's budget proposal as one of several strategies to ease a looming $4.3 billion shortfall in the state retirement system.
Republican Rep. Ellie Espling on New Gloucester said the retirement change is a step toward making up the shortfall. Public employees oppose the measure.
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