While the state waits for the Supreme Court’s SB 1 ruling, Gov. Bruce Rauner and other lawmakers are working up a pitch to amend the state constitution.

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

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.

Now Illinois state courts will decide whether it is constitutional to the city to reduce retiree health benefits.

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

Illinois Policy Institute files amicus brief in SB 1 case

Contrary to popular belief, government-worker pensions are not untouchable, at least according to the federal courts. The federal judge in charge of the bankruptcy proceedings of Stockton, California, has ruled that city-worker pension debt must be treated like any other form of debt and could be adjusted under federal bankruptcy law. The ruling is a...