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Lawmakers plan to restructure the state's retirement plans in this year’s session, after last year’s bill was struck down.
January 14 -
Lawmakers are under pressure to fix the state's severely unfunded pension obligations.
January 3 -
Cities across the state are looking for pension relief as J.B. Pritzker prepares to take the reins as governor.
December 31 -
How the Bond Buyer covered the disasters and challenges of 2018.
December 28 -
The Legislature ended a special session after members concluded that there wasn’t time to overhaul the state’s underfunded pension systems.
December 19 -
Lawmakers are meeting this week after the state Supreme Court struck down a major pension overhaul passed earlier this year.
December 18 -
Mayor Rahm Emanuel says his pension package offers a path to further stabilize city employees' pensions without burdening taxpayers.
December 14 -
Chicago would issue up to $10 billion of POBs under a proposal the mayor left to city council to decide.
December 12 -
A bill would extend the sunset date of the law allowing local governments to issue pension obligation bonds and OPEB bonds past Dec. 31.
December 12 -
Rahm Emanuel will back a constitutional amendment to rein in pension benefits while city pension obligation bonds remain in play on a longer timeline.
December 11