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Illinois slouches toward bankruptcy

Illinois Policy Institute Vice President of Policy Ted Dabrowski joined Mary Kissel on WSJ Live to discuss Illinois’ lackluster pension reform.

Legislature sends “déjà vu” pension bill to Gov. Quinn

Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman issued the following statement regarding the pension bill approved by the state legislature today: “Today the Illinois legislature sent a pension bill to Gov. Pat Quinn. It is important to be clear about what this bill is and is not. Let’s start with what this bill is not. This...

Lawmakers return to vote on pension ‘fix’

Illinois lawmakers return to Springfield this week to vote on pension reform. Carol Marin and her guests discuss the deal, and what it would mean for employees. Joining Carol are Laurence Msall, president of The Civic Federation, John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute, Dan Montgomery, president and chief operating officer for Illinois Federation of Teachers, and Ralph Martire, executive...

Pension debate: Fake fix draws critics

Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman and AFSCME spokesman Anders Lindall joined Fox Chicago to discuss Illinois’ pension deal.

John Tillman on John Kass and Lauren Cohn

John Tillman, CEO of the Illinois Policy Institute joined John Kass and Lauren Cohn to discuss the potential pension deal.

Pension “fix” doesn’t go far enough

Illinois lawmakers will be in Springfield on Tuesday for a special session on pension reform. Leaders of both parties say they’ve agreed on a plan to fund the system that’s currently $100 billion in the red, thanks to years of skipped payments. And late Monday afternoon, a bipartisan committee approved that plan. It will now...

WSJ: Illinois’s fake pension fix

Democrats in Illinois have dug a $100 billion pension hole, and now they want Republicans to rescue them by voting for a plan that would merely delay the fiscal reckoning while helping to re-elect Governor Pat Quinn. The cuckolded GOP seems happy to oblige on this quarter-baked reform. Legislative leaders plan to vote Tuesday on...

Illinois’ upcoming pension vote

Illinois Policy Institute CEO John Tillman joined Bruce Wolf and Dan Proft on WLS AM890 to discuss the upcoming pension vote.

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