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Lightfoot’s extra pension payments don’t let Springfield off the hook, Civic Federation says

Por: Chicago Sun Times Nation October 05, 2022

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Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s $242 million pension prepayment plan will prevent Chicago’s four cash-strapped pension funds from having to “sell assets in a down market” to meet obligations, but Springfield shouldn’t be let off the hook, the Civic Federation president said Tuesday. Laurence Msall said state law was used to create the police, fire, laborers and municipal employees pension funds, and the Illinois General Assembly dictates “who... + full article



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