In summary

Generous retirement benefits for public safety employees could help push the Bay Area city of Richmond into bankruptcy

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Judy serves as hub editor of the California Divide project, a five-newsroom collaboration covering economic inequality. Prior to editing, she reported on state finance, workforce and economic issues. Her...