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In recent weeks, Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow has made some doomsday predictions about the implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act, a law that ends Illinois’ use of money bond ...

Arguing that Illinois’ General Assembly needs change, Republican Jon Luers is taking on Democratic state Sen. Robert Martwick in the 10th District, which includes Chicago’s far Northwest Side and ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- An influential state senator is proposing new legislation that he said will "fix" a 2010 law that aimed to stem Illinois' pension crisis by cutting back retirement benefits for future ...

In the early 2010s, Illinois lawmakers created the Tier Two pension benefit reduction in response to a ballooning state fiscal crisis. The goal was to curtail pension costs and stabilize the state’s ...

How should the state respond to the influx of migrants bussed here from Southern states? I support the bipartisan federal immigration package that was killed by Donald Trump and the Republican members ...

Union members rally at the Illinois Capitol in November to call for pension reform. Changes that would make Illinois pension systems compliant with Social Security by improving benefits for government ...

State Sen. Robert Martwick is sponsoring a pair of bills that would boost benefits for some newer Chicago city firefighters. (Antonio Perez/Zuma Press) An Illinois lawmaker is pushing to increase ...

Chicago's new mayor, Brandon Johnson, is tasking a "working group" that includes his finance team and state legislative and labor representatives with finding long-term funding fixes to ease the ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois’ pension debt compared to personal income is the second worst in the nation. Fitch Ratings reviewed pension funds for public employee retirees from every state. “In ...