Comment: The bill, linked here, is sponsored by Terry Link and Mike Zalewski.

Comment: But it’s just talk and they don’t really leave, say our deniers in Illinois. And all you readers who tell us you’ve left or plan to are liars, too.

The proposal also mentions a $20 million low-interest loan program for minority-owned businesses, promoting what the proposal calls “social equity” in a predominantly white industry.

Just ask Corey Widen, a suburban Chicago mom who last fall decided her 8-year-old could handle walking the family dog around the block on her own. Someone saw the child walking and called the police. That unneighborly decision triggered a two-week investigation into Widen’s family, during which authorities interviewed family members, neighbors and her children’s pediatrician.

This covers the five state-level pensions for the year that ended June 30, 2018. Their combined unfunded liability increased by $4.8 billion, 3.7% from the prior year, to a total of $133.5 billion.