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Illinois lawmakers fall into pensions gap

Posted on January 18, 2013

Financial Times

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This article discusses the Illinois legislature’s inaction on the State’s $96 billion unfunded pension liability and examines the health of pension funds in other states. The Civic Federation said that courageous leadership and reasonable compromise are necessary to achieve fiscal sustainability for the State of Illinois and retirement security for its public employees.