Retired workers file dental benefits suit

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An association of retired state workers has filed a lawsuit saying state cuts to dental benefits violate the Alaska constitution.  The Retired Public Employees of Alaska says changes in 2014 to optional dental, vision, audio and long-term-care insurance must be reversed.
On Friday, the association filed the lawsuit against Department of Administration Commissioner Sheldon Fisher in Superior Court in Anchorage.
The lawsuit lists eight changes that it says violate a provision o