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The resources below discuss Illinois pension reform. Illinois has suffered credit rating downgrades over its public employee pension deficit,which is over $100 billion, and has enacted some reforms as of yesterday to raise the retirement age and reduce cost-of-living increases. Coupled with Detroit, Illinois pension reform strategy may be copied by other municipal and state governments that are not funding their public employee pensions properly.
Quinn signs the pension overhaul bill: http://t.co/6qW8VMfiSI
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) December 5, 2013
pension theft in Detroit, Illinois and elsewhere takes class warfare to another level http://t.co/LQy8fyNSNH
— Dean Baker (@DeanBaker13) December 5, 2013
Unions vow legal fight after Illinois lawmakers pass $160 billion pension fix http://t.co/xs2lHkvYKK
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) December 4, 2013
Tribune editorial urges “yes” vote on pension reform when lawmakers meet in Springfield tomorrow: http://t.co/bbujG3vqa0
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) December 2, 2013
Retirement benefits will be cut under a newly-approved pension reform plan in Illinois, @melhicken reports: http://t.co/WNI4HMazWM
— CNNMoney.com (@CNNMoney) December 4, 2013
RT @thomasfrisbie: Why we shouldn’t let politics kill a good #pensionreform bill. CST Editorial http://t.co/tXzMhXErr9
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) November 28, 2013
Illinois Legislature Approves Benefit Cuts in Troubled Pension System http://t.co/0E1bCmBUyx
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 3, 2013
Labor unions don’t like Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. Does it matter? Me and @natashakorecki discuss. http://t.co/XsOGzdmrrT
— The Fix (@TheFix) December 4, 2013
Threats to pensions in Detroit, Illinois rattle government workers counting on them for survival | http://t.co/RY8pi7ItiJ
— Bloomberg News (@BloombergNews) December 5, 2013
Illinois Governor Signs Pension Rescue Plan http://t.co/sJx3eAMLtd
— NPR News (@nprnews) December 5, 2013
How the Illinois House and Senate voted on pension bill http://t.co/ZJ9ncruawq
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) December 3, 2013
Taxpayer contributions to Illinois’ five pension systems have increased 427% since 1998 http://t.co/ymYU4Mpb70 pic.twitter.com/4TwCFXWvkr
— Illinois Policy (@illinoispolicy) December 2, 2013