Illinois’ budget crunch: No cash for pensions By Ted Dabrowski 10/15/2015 Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger announced the state will delay a $560 million pension payment as the state’s government-pension-driven fiscal crisis worsens. TAGS: Bruce Rauner, Illinois Supreme Court, Leslie Munger, pensions
AFSCME files suit to stop state layoffs and guarantee step-pay raises By Mark Fitton 09/21/2015 It’s back to court for state and its unions. TAGS: AFSCME: American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Leslie Munger
Illinois comptroller: Unpaid bills could grow to $8.5B by year’s end By Austin Berg 09/10/2015 IOUs continue to flow from a broken state government. TAGS: debt, Leslie Munger, unpaid bills