June 23, 2013 By: Doug Finke In March, the Institute for Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois published a paper outlining a plan to reform state university pensions. At the time, the paper got scant notice. Most …

June 18, 2013 By: Mark Peters and Douglas Belkin CHICAGO, IL – Desperate to solve the worst state pension crisis in the nation, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn earlier this month did what politicians have done here for decades—he called Michael …

June 14, 2013 By: Monique Garcia A frustrated Gov. Pat Quinn has once again changed strategies in his effort to get a pension reform bill on his desk as he acknowledged Friday he’s “prepared to do whatever necessary” to try …

June 12, 2013 By: Ray Long & Rafael Guerrero SPRINGFIELD — House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday tried to increase the pressure on fellow Democrats in the Senate to get behind his version of pension reform and abandon their own …

June 10, 2013 By: Karen Pierog CHICAGO, IL – The Illinois public pension system, the worst funded among U.S. states, will be tackled with a two-prong approach that addresses both cost-savings and constitutional concerns during a special legislative session next …