By: Mike Riopell March 22, 2013 SPRINGFIELD — Supporters of big public employee pension cuts approved by the Illinois House Thursday say they’ve gotten past the hardest vote on the long-festering issue. As they’ve debated for more than a year, …

March 20, 2013 By: Dave McKinney & Zach Buchheit SPRINGFIELD — A scaled-back plan by Senate President John Cullerton to make suburban and Downstate teachers choose between keeping a compounding, 3 percent annual pension boost or state-subsidized health insurance as …

By: Mike Riopell SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate Wednesday approved a plan to cut working teachers’ pensions while rejecting a more sweeping plan, sending mixed messages about where the debate over one of the state’s biggest financial problems will go …