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Illinois Supreme Court upholds police and fire pension funds consolidation
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCHICAGO — The Illinois Supreme Court on Friday upheld a landmark law that consolidated hundreds of...
Pension debt, property taxes, budget holes: Chicago’s next mayor faces huge financial problems
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAt a packed City Club luncheon in late January, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot presented a hopeful picture of the city’s economic outlook. Speaking to a crowd of movers and shakers at Maggiano ...
From the archives | How state lawmakers pump up pensions in ways you can't
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThis story originally published on Sept. 12, 2011. It is being republished as part of the...
Mayor Johnson aims to tackle a problem that vexed his predecessors: Woefully underfunded pensions
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoChicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has created a task force to look for solutions to Chicago’s underfunded pensions, asking the group to address one of the city’s deepest and most intractable financial ...
Chicago Mayor Nixes Property Tax Hike in Budget Proposal
Bloomberg via Yahoo News· 2 years ago(Bloomberg) -- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot abandoned a property tax increase in her 2023 budget...
Chicago’s next mayor will face deep financial problems, massive deficits and a pension hole
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — On the campaign trail, both mayoral candidates paint sweeping visions of a shinier, more prosperous Chicago under their watch. Brandon Johnson is known to deploy food analogies to ...
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s first big fiscal test: How to translate campaign promises into dollars and...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 10 months agoCHICAGO — Brandon Johnson strode into a conference room this month at Malcolm X College, where...
Illinois high court hands lawmakers a rare pension-overhaul victory
Associated Press via AOL· 5 months agoThe Illinois Supreme Court on Friday endorsed the consolidation of local police and firefighter...
15 Jobs That Still Offer Traditional Pensions
Insider Monkey via Yahoo Finance· 12 months agoIn this article, we will look at 15 jobs that still offer traditional pensions while exploring the changing landscape of pensions in the U.S. We will...
Chicago mayoral contenders Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson trade attacks over ‘MAGA’ signs, ‘racist’...
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCHICAGO — Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas escalated their attacks on one another as Chicago’s mayoral race entered the final week of campaigning before the April 4 election. Monday morning, ...