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Cullerton pension bill best for workers
The We Are One Illinois coalition represents the hundreds of thousands of active and retired teachers, police officers, nurses, child protective workers and other public servants who never register on the Tribune’s elitist radar. In their name, we...Tags: Buffalo Grove, Pension and Welfare, Interior Policy, John J Cullerton, AFL-CIO
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Savings from Senate pension plan cut by half
— Senate President John Cullerton's pension reform proposal would slice only about half of what he estimated it would immediately cut from the state's nearly $100 billion retirement system debt, a development that could boost chances for the rival...
Tags: Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, John J Cullerton, Labor Legislation
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Madigan says universities, community colleges willing to share pension costs
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Thursday announced that he has struck a preliminary deal with the state's universities and community colleges that will require them to slowly pick up the cost of teacher pensions over several years even as tuition...
Tags: Northbrook, Interior Policy, Pat Quinn, Illinois Governor, Urbana (Champaign, Illinois)
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Knock yourselves out, Senators
If a good plan for relieving Illinois' pension crisis has momentum, why not offer an inferior proposal that wouldn't do as much good? To that end, Senate President John Cullerton on Monday unveiled another insufficient pension reform bill, this one with...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Health and Safety at Work, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Government Health Care
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Retired teachers threaten to sue over pension changes
— Senate President John Cullerton says one good reason to support his pension reform plan is that the unions won't sue because they're in on the deal, but already a group of retired teachers is prepared to go to court if the proposal becomes law....
Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Trials, Teachers, AFL-CIO
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Illinois pension overhaul aims to stop outsider access
— For years, the big debate about reforming the state's heavily underfunded pension system has centered on how many billions the state could save and how much money retirees might lose. But the proposal the House passed last week also seeks to...
Tags: Lobbying, Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Government, Executive Branch
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Madigan pension reforms pass House
Clout StreetSPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House today approved a far-reaching pension reform plan pushed by Speaker Michael Madigan that is headed for an uncertain fate in the Senate. The proposal aims to erase the state's nearly $100 billion pension debt by...Tags: Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Michael Madigan, Oswego, John E. Bradley
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And now for our applause
For more than six years, we've called for reform of Illinois' public pension system. Some days we begged legislators, some days we harangued them. Today we're pleased to list the names of House lawmakers who took responsible action Thursday and voted...Tags: Luis Arroyo, Deborah Mell, Renee Kosel, Elizabeth Hernandez, Illinois Governor
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Madigan: Pension overhaul will pass muster with legislature -- and court
— House Speaker Michael Madigan on Wednesday predicted that not only would his sweeping government worker pension overhaul pass the General Assembly, but it would be upheld by the Illinois Supreme Court. The Democratic speaker's prognostication on...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Government, Teachers, Public Employees
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State considers ombudsman for condo disputes
Illinois homeowners at odds with their community association have little recourse. They can try to resolve the matter with the board, or they can pay an attorney to do it for them. Another option recently was introduced to the General Assembly: HB1293,...
Tags: Lawyers, Sara Feigenholtz, Justice System, Falls Church (Falls Church, Virginia), Elections
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Madigan takes charge
Back in May 2011, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Republican Leader Tom Cross introduced Senate Bill 512, the first stab at comprehensive pension reform that impacted state workers, teachers, university personnel and General Assembly members. The bill...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Pension and Welfare, Michael Madigan, Interior Policy, John J Cullerton
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Madigan pension plan easily passes House panel
Tribune reportersSPRINGFIELD—House Speaker Michael Madigan easily won committee approval today of his new pension plan that aims to lower the state's heavy retirement system debt by scaling back benefits to public employees, taking more from their paychecks and...Tags: Career and Workplace, Oswego, Northbrook, Interior Policy, Pat Quinn
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