a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:845:"<span style="font-size: larger;">Governor Snyder has just signed a bill that will save the state $5.6 billion dollars in future decades by reducing the state&rsquo;s unfunded liability.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">The bill deals with changes to health care coverages offered to retiring employees and with the defined benefit and defined contribution retirement plans and the way they are funded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">For an article on the changes to the state employee benefit plans click on the following story link:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/12/gov_rick_snyder_signs_bills_af.html"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://www.mlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2011/12/gov_rick_snyder_signs_bills_af.html</span></a><br />
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