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“It’s like they let the poisoned, dead rodents fester in the ceiling,” said one employee who has worked for the DMV since 2012.

Retirees have asked CalHR to offer a higher coverage plan, but the department hasn’t responded since June.

The State Worker newsletter delivers insider tidbits and all of The Bee’s essential state employee stories straight to your email.

Also in this week’s State Worker Newsletter: CalPERS open enrollment ends next week. Will Anthem Blue Cross drop UC Health?

“I’m not sure how effective a strike would be for them,” said one public sector labor expert.

The watchdog overseeing agencies under Gov. J.B. Pritzker has referred 177 cases to law enforcement in which there was “reasonable cause to believe” a state worker “improperly obtained” a federal pandemic business relief loan, according to a report released Tuesday. The specifics of the alleged fraud likely won’t be known until reports on those cases are issued, a process than can take months. ...

The watchdog overseeing agencies under Gov. J.B. Pritzker has referred 177 cases to law enforcement in which there was “reasonable cause to believe” a state worker “improperly obtained” a federal pandemic business relief loan, according to a report released Tuesday. The specifics of the alleged fraud likely won’t be known until reports on those cases are issued, a process than can take months. ...

The vow to slit the throats of “deep state” federal workers on Day One of a DeSantis presidency is an attention grabber for a candidate behind in the polls but who will have two years left as governor.

The union alleges their strike authorization vote is the first in civil service worker history.

The Sacramento Bee has a new state worker reporter.