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      <description>More than 100,000 retired public employees in Indiana will receive an additional benefit this year known as the 13th check. But lawmakers reduced the amount of that extra benefit by about 5 percent.</description>
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      <description>Nearly 100,000 public pension recipients in Indiana will get an extra month’s worth of benefits this year under a measure unanimously approved by the House Monday.</description>
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