Concept of “consideration” allows state workers to negotiate for new benefits and could pave a path toward pension reform.

Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger announced the state will delay a $560 million pension payment as the state’s government-pension-driven fiscal crisis worsens.

In their SB 1 ruling, Illinois Supreme Court justices indicate that paying for pensions is more important than funding core government services.

Does the Illinois Constitution’s pension clause spell disaster for the state?

Missing from the discussion on state revenues is what happened with all the money from Illinois’ last major tax hike.

The plaintiffs in the SB 1 case are asking the court to do something extraordinary: to hold, in effect, that pension benefits should receive stronger protection than any other type of constitutional right.

Given the importance of pension reform in Illinois, many groups wanted to weigh in.