Providence’s fiscal woes got much worse on June 30, when the state’s Supreme Court sided with former city employees in a long-running dispute over pension reform. Chief Justice Paul Suttell wrote in a majority opinion that a 2012 city ordinance that froze cost-of-living adjustments until the pension fund reached 70% was unconstitutional. He ordered the
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