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Texas lawmakers are acting fast to get an additional pension check to the state’s 440,000 retired teachers. Just two days into the special session, committees in the Texas House and Senate both advanced legislation to provide a one-time additional payment, called by teachers and lawmakers as a “13th check,” of up to $2,400 to retirees no later than January 2022. …

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