An Illinois House committee approved a measure Wednesday that would change how the state pays for its severely underfunded pension systems. But the bill could face a harder vote in the state Senate.
The Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association says the plan, set for a City Council hearing on Wednesday, would clog courts already struggling with a huge backlog of foreclosure cases.
A former CIA director and the president's pending secretary of energy have high hopes for natural gas in transportation, but its outlook for climate change is unclear.
