Pensions

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Financial Challenges for the New Mayor of Chicago: Analysis and Recommendations

This report identifies the most significant financial challenges facing the City of Chicago and provides recommendations to the new Mayor of Chicago for ways to improve and stabilize the City’s finances in the short- and long-term. Those…

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New Chicago Mayor Must Take Immediate Action on Perilous City Finances

The new Mayor of the City of Chicago faces three major fiscal challenges that will require the immediate attention of the new administration, according to a new report released today by the Civic Federation. The daunting difficulties…

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New report details scope of public pension deficit

This article discusses findings in the Civic Federation’s “Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2009…

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Emanuel Would Push Labor for Concessions

This article is about City of Chicago mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel’s plans to fix the City’s budget gap and pension funding issues. The Civic Federation says the City’s financial condition is precarious and the next mayor will need to…

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City overstates furlough savings, inspector general says

This article examines the City of Chicago Inspector General’s revelation that unpaid furlough days taken by City employees to help bridge a City budget gap may have also contributed to a shortchanging of the City’s pension systems. The…

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Madigan open to discussing cuts in state pensions

This article is about Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan’s receptiveness to a discussion about reforming Illinois’ pension systems. The Civic Federation says Madigan’s statements are significant and are a positive step toward finding…

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Pension tab in Chicago, Cook Co. up to $23B

This brief about the Civic Federation’s “Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2009” report…

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The Chicago Pension Paradox

This article summarizes findings in the Civic Federation’s “Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2009…

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Pension Stress Tests Chicago Area as Retirees Gain on Workers

This article discusses findings in the Civic Federation’s “Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2009…

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City Pension Crisis Called ‘Ticking Time Bomb’

Civic Federation President Laurence Msall discusses findings in the Federation’s “Status of Local Pension…