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Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker declared Wednesday that he is not pursuing a constitutional amendment.
They were among the six states that received a D minus grade, the lowest one possible, in a new report by the Volcker Alliance that scored how they’ve dealt with looming legacy costs over the past three years.
In a meeting today with Crain’s editorial board, the mayor gave some details on the gambling portion of his larger plan to trim city pension debt.
A county commissioner wants a do-over on how to apply the parking tax to parking-app companies such as SpotHero and ParkWhiz.
Ted was on Illinois Rising earlier this week discussing Illinois’ massive retirement crisis at the state and local level. Everybody wonders what to do about pensions, but the retirement problem is even bigger than that.
Wall Street’s best predictor of a recession has reared its ugly head and Illinois is nowhere near ready for a slowdown. In fact, Illinois is the nation’s least-prepared state for an economic downturn. When that recession finally comes, Illinoisans should expect to get hit hard.
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