State lawmakers meet this week to take up pension reform

State lawmakers meet this week to take up pension reform
State lawmakers meet this week to take up pension reform

State lawmakers meet this week to take up pension reform

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Leaders in the Senate and the House have come up with a deal that will hopefully pull the state out of its pension crisis. Legislators head to Springfield Tuesday to vote on the deal. Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno lays out some details of the plan, and Henry Bayer of AFSCME explains why the union opposes what’s been proposed. (Photo: Flickr/Teemu008)