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Illinois Settles SEC Claims It Misled Public on Pensions

Posted on March 13, 2013

Bloomberg

This article discusses the State of Illinois’ settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over charges that it misled investors between 2005 and 2009 about the degree of underfunding in its employee pension funds. The Civic Federation says the State’s $97 billion unfunded pension liability threatens funding to all other priorities in the State budget.