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  2. History of retirement - Wikipedia

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    Participation in the retirement system was mandatory and contributions were taken from the employee, the employer and the government. [ 5 ] In the mid-1800s certain United States municipal employees, including firefighters , police and teachers, started receiving public pensions.

  3. Railroad Retirement Board - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is an independent agency in the executive branch of the United States government created in 1935 [2] to administer a social insurance program providing retirement benefits to the country's railroad workers.

  4. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts (/ ˌ m æ s ə ˈ tʃ uː s ɪ t s / ⓘ, /-z ɪ t s / MASS-ə-CHOO-sits, -⁠zits; Massachusett: Muhsachuweesut [məhswatʃəwiːsət]), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, [b] is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

  5. CalPERS - Wikipedia

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    The California Employers’ Retiree Benefit Trust Fund was established by CalPERS in March 2007 to provide California public agencies with a cost-efficient, professionally managed investment vehicle for prefunding other post-employment benefits (OPEB) such as retiree health benefits. Prefunding reduces an agency's long-term OPEB liability.

  6. Teacher Retirement System of Texas - Wikipedia

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    The entrance to the T.R.S. Building on Red River Street in Austin. Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) is a public pension plan of the State of Texas.Established in 1937, TRS provides retirement and related benefits for those employed by the public schools, colleges, and universities supported by the State of Texas and manages a $180 billion trust fund established to finance member benefits.

  7. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation - Wikipedia

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    The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) is a United States federally chartered corporation created by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to encourage the continuation and maintenance of voluntary private defined benefit pension plans, provide timely and uninterrupted payment of pension benefits, and keep pension insurance premiums at the lowest level necessary ...

  8. 2019 Virginia Beach shooting - Wikipedia

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    On May 31, 2019, a mass shooting occurred at a municipal building in the Princess Anne area of Virginia Beach, Virginia.The gunman, DeWayne Craddock, who was a disgruntled city employee, fatally shot 12 people and wounded four others before he was killed by responding police officers.

  9. World Trade Center (1973–2001) - Wikipedia

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    The original World Trade Center (WTC) was a complex of seven buildings in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City.Built primarily between 1966 and 1975, it was dedicated on April 4, 1973, and was destroyed during the September 11 attacks in 2001.