SPRINGFIELD — A new law signed by Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker Wednesday will consolidate 649 downstate and suburban police and firefighter pension funds into just two. Pritzker…
A taxpayer group has some fixes they say are severe but necessary to shore up the state’s growing unfunded pension liability. Taxpayers United of America released its 10th Annual…
“Each local pension system is unique and there is no “one-size fits all” approach to pension reform,” said Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle in a statement on the…
Attorneys for the city of Chicago and those for local labor unions met in a Cook County courtroom July 9 to debate the fate of retirement benefits for city laborers. The arguments were…
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Chicago police shoot two suspects ...Chicago police shot two suspects – one fatally – in separate incidents ...
Suspect charged in fatal Streamwood ...A suspect has been charged in connection with the stabbing deaths of ...
