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On this episode of Statewide, we learn why some colleges say there is too much emphasis on standardized tests in the admissions process. There is a...
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Governor J.B. Pritzker shot down the suggestion of amending the Illinois Constitution to address the state's public pension funding deficit.
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Illinois lawmakers Wednesday advanced a plan to pool more than 650 downstate and suburban police and fire pension funds. Passing the measure out of both...
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Authorities are investigating an anonymous letter threatening the lives of anyone in line to receive state-funded pensions. The letter was mailed to…
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Budget talks at the Illinois Statehouse have shown no real sign of progress. This week, Senate Democrats pressed Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration to…
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Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has been campaigning relentlessly against last year’s income tax increase but, in his annual budget address today, he'll call…
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A 1917 report conducted on the Illinois pension system revealed bad news. After a pension-focused trip around the globe, with studies on such nations as…
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A report from Chicago-based nonprofit Truth in Accounting found taxpayers would have to pay more than $45,000 each to cover the state’s unfunded debts.…
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Springfield may be a desert when it comes to budget deals, but it seemed like there was a small oasis: an agreement between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner…
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Little changed about Illinois pensions since the state's high court declared lawmakers' last attempt unconstitutional. But the state's leaders signaled…