By Greg Bishop (The Center Square), includes “The governor said Wednesday in Quincy the budget he’ll present is balanced. … The budget Democrats passed last year was billions of dollars out of balance. Pritzker also said that budget was balanced. … Bergman said other reports he has seen indicate the state’s pensions will be fully funded, but with little publicly released information, he questioned what that means. ‘Is it either the statutory requirement what the legislature dictates is the right amount versus the actuarial requirement and historically just doing what the legislature says doesn’t cut the mustard,’ Bergman said. …”