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State's credit rating improves and Illinois workers get more time for pension buyout | First Listen

Fitch upgrades Illinois credit rating and more top stories

  • Fitch upgrades Illinois' credit rating
  • Governor Pritzer defends his management of Lasalle veterans' home COVID outbreak
  • Illinois workers have more time to decide about a pension buyout
  • Boeing moving its headquarters
  • Grant Middle School teacher Jill Borah names the Springfield Public Schools Horace Mann Educator of the Year
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