Illinois has the highest pension debt per capita. Even if the state spent an extra $1 million a day, your distant descendants ...

Illinois’ $143.5 billion state pension debt saw a tiny dip, but meaningful reform is needed to stop threats to taxpayers and ...

(The Center Square) – Illinois’ budget has $75 million set aside in what Gov. J.B. Pritzker calls a “fix” for Tier 2 public employee pensions. A Republican state legislator says it’s “kicking the can ...

Thanks to a roaring stock market and a massive increase in taxpayer funding, Illinois is making progress in taming the unfunded pension liability monster that has haunted state finances for a ...

Illinois faces a defining fiscal challenge: a staggering $144 billion in unfunded liabilities across its five state pension systems. This immense burden strains state resources; crowds out critical ...

(The Center Square) – A new report says Illinois has the highest per-capita unfunded state and local pension liabilities in the nation, 50% higher than the state with the second-highest pension debt.