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• Legal battle ends over pension benefits for Ill. firefighter who died of cancer

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  The village of Buffalo Grove has chosen not to appeal the full line-of-duty pension benefits awarded to Firefighter Kevin Hauber's family

• 5 financial concerns to address when leaving the fire department

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  From unused vacation time to long-term investments, there’s lots to settle before saying farewell

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• Former soldier, Ill. firefighter-medic battles PTSD while raising money for others

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  Ryan Mains served others as an Army medic and a Chicago-area firefighter; now, grappling with PTSD, he’s still trying to help

• Firefighter pension payouts: How to choose the best option

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  A firefighter/financial planner explains the three pension payout options and the factors to consider in the decision-making process

• Ill. village and family of firefighter who died of cancer at odds over pension benefits

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  An appellate court will decide whether full line-of-duty death pension benefits will be awarded to the family of Firefighter Kevin Hauber

• Conn. city's new 6-year contract increases firefighter wages by 11%

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  New Haven firefighters will first see a 1% increase retroactive in fiscal 2019 and 2% retroactive for fiscal 2020 under a new contract

• Ill. Fire Pension Board votes to seize $2.3M owed by city

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  The East St. Louis Fire Pension Board voted unanimously to recover nearly $2.3 million in mandated payments from the city through an “intercept procedure"

• Maine bill would allocate $2.5M for volunteer firefighter pensions

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  Volunteers would have to serve at least five years to become vested and would earn funds toward their pension based on time spent on fire activities

• Md. gov. announces firefighter pension, workers comp bills

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  Surrounded by firefighters from across the state, Gov. Larry Hogan announced two pieces of legislation that he said were necessary to protect firefighters

• Dallas sues former pension advisers for not warning about DROP's risks

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  The suit alleges that Buck Consultants and three of its employees repeatedly failed to “provide adequate warning or proper counsel” of the system’s impending calamity

• Court ruling gives retired firefighter less lucrative disability pension

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  The Providence Retirement Board granted John Sauro’s application for an ordinary disability pension after he was previously stripped of his benefits

• Officials to appeal LODD pension to firefighter’s family

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  Buffalo Grove officials said they aim to overturn a ruling that granted Kevin Hauber’s benefits to his family after he died of job-related colon cancer

• Family of firefighter who died of cancer to receive his pension

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  The family of Kevin Hauber, who died in January after a battle with colon cancer, will receive his annual salary of $101,000 unless the decision is appealed

• Los Angeles firefighters, police rush to join controversial DROP program

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  The program that pays veteran responders nearly double for the last five years of their careers received a flood of new enrollees in February

• Ky. city fire and police pension debt grows by $77M

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  Officials said the debt is largely due to a change in assumptions the plan uses to project how much money it will need

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