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Justices unanimously ruled members’ voting power isn’t a ‘benefit’ protected by constitution.
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It's been a year since the state Supreme Court found Illinois' big pension law unconstitutional, and an attempt to get a new law passed is…
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Illinois has more than $100 billion in pension debt. So far, attempts to fix it have been mostly illegal.Editor's note March 31, 2016: A recent study puts…
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Doing something about Illinois' underfunded retirement systems remains an immediate goal for Gov. Bruce Rauner but despite a loose agreement with a…
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Illinois may not be done with the 2013 law reducing state employees’ pensions after all. The Attorney General appears to be readying to appeal to the U.S.…
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Even though John Cullerton went along with the pension law that on Friday was found by the state's high court to be unconstitutional, the Illinois Senate…
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Credit ratings agencies have had swift reactions to Friday's state Supreme Court decision that found Illinois' 2013 pension law unconstitutional.Illinois'…
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The Illinois Supreme Court has struck down legislation that tried to cut retirement benefits for thousands of state workers.In a unanimous decision, the…
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Some of the main architects of the Illinois law that seeks to save the state money by reducing workers' pensions have begun collecting pensions of their…
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The Illinois Supreme Court has announced it will hear oral arguments in the state's landmark pension-overhaul case on March 11.Arguments will begin at…