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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she wants to work with Peoria and other Illinois cities on issues of shared concern."There's a lot of things that are…

The Peoria City Council narrowly approved a $90,000, six month contract with the Group O call center to answer questions about public safety pension fee…

A budget. Recreational cannabis. Gambling expansion. The Illinois General Assembly passed a sweeping slate of bills in the final days of this year’s…

Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner has proposed shifting the responsibility for funding teacher pensions to local school districts. The governor says schools…

Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis once again used his annual State of the City Address to implore the state legislature to develop a plan for pension reform. The…

Chicago Public Schools plans to take out a $389 million short-term loan to get the financially struggling district through the end of the school year and…

The Illinois General Assembly has sent Gov. Bruce Rauner a plan to shore up Chicago pensions. The House voted 63-45 to allow the city to use increases in…

In a sign the stalemate in Springfield is as strong as ever, Governor Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill that had once been held up as proof he and Democratic…

Illinois' already strained bank account will be stretched by another 4 and a half billion dollars, because of action taken by the state government's…

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) - A new Illinois law bars newly-elected members on the state's county boards from signing up for pensions from the Illinois…