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Justices question 'police powers,' emergencies in pension case

Posted on March 12, 2015

Chicago Sun-Times

This article covers the Illinois Supreme Court’s consideration on March 11 of oral arguments for the State’s pension reform law. The court took the case under advisement. The Civic Federation said that if the court does not find the pension reforms constitutional, it should provide direction on how the State could maintain the current system without debilitating service cuts or extreme tax hikes.