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In De Pere, Wis., employees already pay 15% of insurance premiums from their wages. For that reason, and because police officers and firefighters are exempt, 'I believe the savings through pension-contribution increases will not be enough to offset the loss of state shared revenue,' De Pere Alderman Daniel Robinson wrote in a letter Monday to Republican state Sen. Robert Cowles."
In De Pere, Wis., employees already pay 15% of insurance premiums from their wages. For that reason, and because police officers and firefighters are exempt, 'I believe the savings through pension-contribution increases will not be enough to offset the loss of state shared revenue,' De Pere Alderman Daniel Robinson wrote in a letter Monday to Republican state Sen. Robert Cowles."
