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Bipartisan anti-corruption bill bottled up in Illinois Senate

Bipartisan anti-corruption bill bottled up in Illinois Senate

After unanimous approval from the Illinois House of Representatives, the Illinois Senate has remained conspicuously silent on a bill meant to address one man’s dominance of a little-known network of government authorities.

By Austin Berg

CTBA pension plan: Unsound, unfair and unaffordable

CTBA pension plan: Unsound, unfair and unaffordable

A pension plan pushed by one Illinois think tank fails to reform the state’s broken pension system and risks repeating costly mistakes. Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker shouldn’t be fooled and should instead endorse meaningful, lasting reform.

By Adam Schuster