Convicted Politico Gets State Pension Back

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HARRISBURG – Years after he went to federal prison for corruption, the longtime Democratic leader of the state Senate will get his $245,000 annual pension back, a state board has narrowly decided.

It’s the only time in at least 11 years that the board of the State Employees’ Retirement System has returned someone’s pension to them after it was taken away for a criminal conviction. Former State Sen. Robert Mellow had appealed that initial decision.

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