Cities across Illinois create new taxes, fees and sell assets to pay rising pension costs – Wirepoints on WJPF with Tom Miller

Ted Dabrowski joins Tom Miller on WJPF to discuss Wirepoints new report analyzing pension funds in 175 Illinois cities. They discuss the state of city pension funds in a few southern Illinois cities.

Read report here: Communities in crisis: More than half of Illinois cities get “F” grades for local pensions

Executive summary of report: https://wirepoints.org/executive-summary-communities-in-crisis-more-than-half-of-illinois-cities-get-f-grades-for-local-pensions/

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A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign

“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”

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