The pension fund for state workers in Connecticut is about, give or take, 60% funded right now. That is still, though, one of the worst in the country.

However, after decades of mismanagement by lawmakers from both parties, it has made a huge turnaround, and that is in no small part thanks to the investments made by Treasurer Erick Russell.

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Now he's considering a different kind of investment. Treasurer Russell explains.

Mike Hydeck : Welcome back, Mr. Russell. Thanks for coming in. So we're going to get to that little kind of tease in just a minute. I want to give people some perspective. Why was our pension system in such bad shape? As recently as 10 years ago, it was in rough shape compared to the rest of the na

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