Monday, January 7, 2013
Governor Pat Quinn meets with area legislators to discuss pension reform, with hopes for action by Jan. 9.
Governor Pat Quinn on Friday met with DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin and other Republican legislators to push for pension reform by Jan. 9, the end of the current legislative session. “Every day that urgently needed action on pension reform is delayed, the problem gets worse," Governor Quinn said in a statement. "As elected leaders, we have a responsibility to put politics aside and enact a solution that prevents skyrocketing pension costs from squeezing out core services like education, public safety and health care. We can do that now and we should not wait another day." Sign up for the Wheaton Patch daily email newsletter. Without pension reform, the unfunded liability grows by $17.1 million every day, according to a press …
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Under pressure from Illinois Republicans and Gov. Pat Quinn, House Speaker Michael Madigan announced he's dropping his proposal to shift teacher pension costs to local school districts.
Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan (D-Chicago) on Wednesday dropped his controversial proposal to shift the costs of teacher pensions from the state to local school districts, universities and community colleges. The announcement came after two days of spirited debate over pension reform in both the House and Senate. Madigan's plan, which was part of Senate Bill 1673, was widely criticized by Republicans, and threatened to derail other legislation to address the state's massive pension shortfall. Madigan said he reached the decision after Gov. Pat Quinn asked him to drop the amendment, the Associated Press reports. “He agrees with the Republicans. He thinks that we ought to remove the issue of the shift of normal cost out of the bill…
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The state senator gave a presentation Monday night at Elm School focused on the future of teacher pensions.
State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale) spoke to the District 181 Board of Education Monday night at Elm School about several topics, but the main point of the 20-minute discussion was the future of teacher pensions. Dillard advocated increased communication between the school board and the senator's office about the future of teacher pensions, currently funded by the state, at a time when the Illinois government is in big fiscal trouble and may be looking to pass that funding responsibility on to local school boards and resident property taxes. Dillard said the board should be looking out for possible changes in April and May, which he called "crunch time" in Springfield because it's the end of the current legislative session. Dillard is …
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