NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WZTV) — A new report reveals that Tennessee’s highest-paid state employees work not in the governor’s office or state agencies, but inside a little-known division tasked with managing the state’s retirement system.
According to data obtained by FOX 17 News and government watchdog group OpenTheBooks, the Tennessee Department of the Treasury’s Consolidated Retirement Systems Division, which employs just over 70 people, includes 24 staffers earning more than $200,000 annually — nearly 30% of its workforce.
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