Civil service pension scheme failed to pay some pensions and lump sums after transferring to a new administrator.

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(AP) – CHARLESTON, W.Va.: Bigger and bigger pension costs were draining the city’s general fund until a new law helped the city to set aside more assets for future benefits. The city also created a ...

The state's public pensions are in disastrous financial shape. But a report prepared by Illinois Policy Institute analyst LyLena Estabine not only outlines the situation, but proposes solutions to a ...

Government employee unions gathered in Springfield earlier this year for a day of action in support of changing “Tier 2,” the state of Illinois retirement benefit for workers hired on or after Jan. 1, ...

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THAT THUNDERING sound you hear is the backslapping of state legislators congratulating themselves on passing a bill that “solves” the state’s public pension funding crisis. It does nothing of the sort ...

With pension reform possibly within reach, there’s a Goldilocks problem for the state lawmakers setting plans to tackle Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation pension problem. Some fixes would be too small; ...