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Illinois Pension Crisis Builds as Market Turmoil Deals a Setback

Posted on September 12, 2016

Bloomberg

This article reports on the State of Illinois’ worsening pension debt due to poor investment returns. Laurence Msall, President of the Civic Federation, comments that there is no easy way to stabilize Illinois’ pension systems and notes that during a time when returns are difficult for its public pensions funds, the State increasingly needs more contributions just to not lose ground from its financial crisis.