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Iowa Republican lawmakers state there is no immediate plan to change the state's largest public pension system, IPERS.

A state-appointed task force recommended studying public employee benefits, which could lead to future changes for new hires. There is some legislative interest in this study.

Despite the recommendation, legislative leaders and the governor have expressed no interest in altering IPERS for current employees.

Republican state lawmakers maintain there is no appetite to make immediate changes to Iowa's largest public pension system as leaders touted its stability and role as an "economic engine" for the state.

But they haven't ruled out pursuing a study on state workers' benefits and compensation, an idea that stemmed from the Iowa DOGE task force Go

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