By Eric Pianin, includes "While a handful of states including West Virginia, New York and Indiana have made important strides in reducing major shortfalls in their employee pension plans, many others are just treading water or losing ground, according to a new study by the Pew Charitable Trust. ... State-run retirement systems reported shortfalls totaling $934 billion in fiscal 2014, the latest figures available ... (Note: Truth in Accounting will be releasing a comprehensive study of state pensions in 2015 shortly).