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Illinois Supreme Court: Law requiring county board members to certify work hours to get pensions is unconstitutional
Elected county board members, who have been amassing public pensions, do not need for their counties to prove they are working at least 11 hours a week to continue amassing their pension benefits as required by a state law, the … Continue reading
Illinois’ New Budget Has A Shortfall of $4 Billion Dollars
Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois’ budget is balanced ”for the first time in decades.” That’s the claim he made upon signing Illinois’ $40 billion budget for 2020. Pritzker’s claim is simply not true. According to the state’s own actuarial calculations, … Continue reading