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Illinois Supreme Court To Hear Pension Case March 11

Illinois Supreme Court

The Illinois Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the pension overhaul case next month. According to a news release, arguments will be held March 11th in the Supreme Court Courtroom in Springfield.

Illinois lawmakers approved cuts to state employee pensions in 2013.  The action followed years of stalemate over how to address underfunding. State workers called the plan unconstitutional.

Legal briefs on the case are posted here.

Jenna Dooley has spent her professional career in public radio. She is a graduate of Northern Illinois University and the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois - Springfield. She returned to Northern Public Radio in DeKalb after several years hosting Morning Edition at WUIS-FM in Springfield. She is a former "Newsfinder of the Year" from the Illinois Associated Press and recipient of NIU's Donald R. Grubb Journalism Alumni Award. She is an active member of the Illinois News Broadcasters Association and an adjunct instructor at NIU.
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