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No shame: Illinois set to borrow from Fed’s ‘lender of last resort' facility a second timeNo shame: Illinois set to borrow from Fed’s ‘lender of last resort' facility a second time

OCTOBER 13, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Illinois pension costs will devour a quarter of state budget for 25 more years, and that’s the rosy scenario

JULY 6, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

A mortgage-sized bill of pension debts awaits anyone who moves to Illinois

JUNE 30, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Bond market trades Illinois like it’s already junk

APRIL 21, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

llinois Senate Democrats seek massive federal bailout

APRIL 20, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Pritzker’s 2021 Illinois budget: Unbalanced. No reforms. And, of course, more tax hikes

FEBRUARY 20, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Why an aging and shrinking Illinois is a threat to public sector pensions

JANUARY 14, 2020 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Illinois owes $68 billion in health benefits to government officials

DECEMBER 12, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Lightfoot’s budget won’t stop Chicago’s downward spiral

OCTOBER 24, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Third domino falls: Illinois Comptroller set to confiscate East St. Louis revenues to pay for city’s firefighter pensions

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Why some Illinois Republicans are making the wrong argument against a progressive income tax

MAY 20, 2019 | WIREPOINTS

Mission impossible: Moody’s requirements for a ‘credit positive’ progressive tax scheme in Illinois

MAY 13, 2019 | WIREPOINTS

Chicago’s pension funds looking more like a collapsing Ponzi scheme

APRIL 22, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Pritzker’s progressive tax push: A guide for the ordinary Illinoisan

APRIL 2, 2019 | WIREPOINTS ILLINOIS NEWS

Chicago Public Schools enrollment tanks, but state money keeps flowing

OCTOBER 30, 2018 | WIREPOINTS

Commentary: Yes, Illinois can eliminate legislative pensions

OCTOBER 15, 2018 | CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Borrowing for pensions is a bad idea whether you’re in Chicago or Rochelle, Illinois

OCTOBER 12, 2018 | WIREPOINTS

Emanuel’s real motivations for Chicago’s $10 billion pension bond plan

AUGUST 28, 2018 | WIREPOINTS

A budget for lawmakers, not Illinoisans

MAY 31, 2018 | WIREPOINTS

Harvey, the first domino in Illinois: Data shows 400 other pension funds could trigger garnishment

APRIL 17, 2018 | WIREPOINTS

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