July 30, 2013 By: WNIJ A member of the Illinois General Assembly’s special pension committee says the group is waiting for what he hopes will be the final round of budget analysis. The pension conference committee is trying to find …

July 9 from Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer

At the June 19, 2013 special session of the Illinois General Assembly, legislative leaders agreed to establish a conference committee to recommend a comprehensive pension reform legislation. What are the next step for pension reform? Any pension reform legislation requires …

June 19, 2013 By: Ray Long and Monique Garcia SPRINGFIELD, IL – The General Assembly is in special session today to form a conference committee of lawmakers who will try to come up with a way to break a stalemate …

June 18, 2013 By: Karen Pierog CHICAGO, IL – Seeking to break a weeks-long impasse in efforts to fix the state’s woefully underfunded pension system, Illinois will turn to a rarely used legislative conference committee in hopes of reaching a …