December 9, 2012 By: Chicago Tribune Editorial Board In January 2011, Dick Ingram left the relative calm of the New Hampshire Retirement System for the Wild West of public pension challenges. He became executive director of Teachers’ Retirement System, Illinois’ …

From WTTW’s Chicago Tonight: “How could Rhode Island’s pension reform efforts inform Cook County’s solution? Rhode Island Treasurer Gina Raimondo, the architect behind some of the country’s boldest pension reform, joins Cook County Commissioner Bridget Gainer on the December 4th 2012 episode …

Convened by Commissioner Bridget Gainer, Pension Committee Chairwoman. For the PDF edition: Commissioner Bridget Gainer – Cook County Pension Committee Meeting: December 4, 2012 (PDF)

November 25, 2012 By: Doug Finke SPRINGFIELD — From gaming expansion to pension reform to driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants and even gay marriage, there is no shortage of issues Illinois lawmakers could tackle when they return for the start …