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An Illinois state senator is pushing a sweeping but voluntary change to the state’s pension system that would allow public ...

In our article of June 20 entitled “Pension Crisis in PA hits municipalities” we discussed what local officials can do to ease the pressure on current budgets caused by pension funding. We suggested ...

Illinois lawmakers pushed through a plan in 2010 in an attempt to address the pension underfunding problem that many of them had created and added to over multiple years. The measure reduced ...

Throughout 2025 and into 2026, Illinois and Cook County in particular have been through the wringer when it comes to property tax issues. In general, property taxes have increased every year for the ...