Pensions

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Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2011

Chicago-area public employee pension funding levels dropped significantly in FY2011, with unfunded liabilities for the ten funds analyzed rising to $32.0 billion from $27.4 billion in FY2010, an increase of 16.7% according to the most…

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Aggregate Unfunded Liability for Chicago-area Public Pension Funds Increased by $4.6 Billion in FY2011

(CHICAGO) A Civic Federation report released today examines the continued funding decline of Chicago-area public employee pension funds. Unfunded liabilities for the ten funds analyzed in the report increased to $32.0 billion in fiscal…

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State Lawmakers Move Closer to Legalizing Internet Gambling

This segment discusses an internet gambling proposal sponsored by Senate President John Cullerton. The Civic Federation maintains its…

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Watchdog group says state must address pensions

This article discusses the State of Illinois FY2014 Recommended Budget Analysis released May 13 by the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation. The analysis…

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Illinois Budget Gets Watchdog Group's Endorsement

(The full content of this article is only available to the publication’s subscribers.) This article discusses the State of Illinois FY2014 Recommended Budget Analysis released May 13 by…

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State of Illinois FY2014 Recommended Operating and Capital Budgets: Analysis and Recommendations

The Civic Federation supports Governor Pat Quinn’s $62.4 billion FY2014 recommended operating budget for balancing revenues and expenditures without borrowing and making progress toward reducing the State’s backlog of unpaid bills. However…

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Civic Federation Supports Governor's Budget Proposal as a Stopgap Until Passage of Compresensive Pension Reform

State's pension costs to consume nearly 25% of State-source revenues in FY2014 (CHICAGO) – In a new report released today, the Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability supports Governor Quinn’s proposed budget for…

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Union-Backed Pension Reform Proposal Approved by Senate

A union-backed pension reform proposal sponsored by Senate President John Cullerton was passed by the Senate on May 9, 2013 by a vote of 40 to 16. Senate President Cullerton believes that…

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Competing IL pension plans could lead to stalemate

This article discusses two pension reform proposals in the Illinois Legislature: legislation…

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Madigan’s Pension Reform Proposal

This panel discusses the pension proposal Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan introduced on April 30. The Civic Federation supports the proposal that is expected to have similar savings as the previously…