The 2011 income-tax hike was supposed to address the state’s unpaid bills and ailing government-worker pensions; but five years and $31 billion in additional revenues later, Illinois’ unpaid bills are back up to 2011 levels, and the state’s government-worker pension debt has soared to $111 billion.

Illinois has gone without a comprehensive budget for six months.

Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan says Illinois’ income taxes should be increased to at least 5 percent.

State politicians will decide the fate of Chicago’s demand for more money, but a budget vote isn’t likely before January 2016.

The former governor’s landmark pension bill paved the way for two decades of go-along-to-get-along pension politics, turning Illinois' pension debt into the nation's largest retirement crisis.