Comment: Another reporter suckered into phony budget measurements. It’s far worse than budgets show, as we’ve documented repeatedly.

State Sen. Bill Haine (D-Alton), who already receives one of the most generous pensions in the state at $148,042, is retiring from the Illinois Senate with a second, full pension and hopes to go to Europe.

By actuary Mary Pat Campbell

The eye-catcher here is government jobs led the state in growth over the last 12 months. See our Quicktake on that linked here.