May 30, 2013 By: Doug Finke The Illinois Senate resoundingly defeated a House pension reform plan Thursday, leaving the debate on the issue wide open as the legislature lurches into its final scheduled day of the spring session. Senators voted …

May 31, 2013 By: Kurt Erickson SPRINGFIELD – A plan to slowly shift employee retirement costs from the state to universities and community colleges is the latest won support in a House committee Thursday as part of the push by …

May 30, 2013 By: Greg Hinz The Illinois Senate this evening rejected a tough pension reform bill proposed by House Speaker Michael Madigan, raising a real question as to whether lawmakers will pass any changes before their scheduled adjournment tomorrow …

Office of Illinois Senate President John J. Cullerton May 9, 2013 The following statement was released by Senate President John J. Cullerton following Senate passage of SB 2404: “I’d like to thank my Senate colleagues, the representatives of teachers, nurses, …