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State Journal-Register: Democrats propose ethics package on day another lawmaker indicted
Several House and Senate Democrats laid out nine ethics proposals last week that they’re hoping the General Assembly will take up in November.
Most of them probably should be supported by many legislators from both parties, even the limit on the number of years a lawmaker can serve as a leader. House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, could support it and be long gone from the House by the time it would affect him.
The Center Square: Municipal group looking to extend ramp for Illinois’ local public safety pension payments
As cities across the state see less revenue in the aftermath of the months-long COVID-19 shutdown orders, some are looking at pushing local pension payments out by a decade to get some “breathing room.”
Illinois Municipal League Executive Director Brad Cole said they’ll be opposing any additional unfunded mandates. One mandate he said they want to be changed is moving the pension ramp out 10 years to 2050.