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Legislative leaders and governor Quinn were not able to come up with a compromised deal to address the state’s $95 billion unfunded pension obligations.

Discussions between Gov.

Springfield seems poised for action on several issues this week, but it's not clear whether legislators are skipping out on one of the thorniest. 

Illinois state lawmakers are trying to balance the political, legal - and human - concerns behind the state's $95 billion unfunded pension obligations. WBEZ breaks the problem down.

Public employees say they're willing to chip in more of their salaries toward their retirements if the state of Illinois can guarantee that it'll fully fund state pensions.A coalition of unions called We Are One Illinois released a study Wednesday analyzing two pension proposals before lawma

Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn has released another video as part of his new online campaign to get Illinoisans excited about pension reform.The video released Thursday features a group of elementary school children listening to a pension presentation.

Illinois legislators have a new plan to fix the state's multibillion-dollar pension crisis.