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Illinois is one of ten states that account for nearly 85% of the total employee-related debt among all 50 states. At the end of 2022, Illinois had $10,915 in pension liabilities per capita ...
Corruption in Illinois has been a problem from the earliest history of the state. [1] Electoral fraud in Illinois pre-dates the territory's admission to the Union in 1818. [ 2 ] Illinois had the third most federal criminal convictions for public corruption between 1976 and 2012, behind New York and California .
(The Center Square) – Modifications to Illinois’ renewable energy policies that are soon to head to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk could increase costs to taxpayers and ratepayers, some warn. On ...
The Illinois Budget Impasse was a 793-day-long (2 years and 62 days) budget crisis in the state of Illinois. From July 1, 2015, to August 31, 2017, Illinois was without a complete state budget for fiscal years 2016, 2017, and part of 2018. As a result, many state agencies had to cut services or continue borrowing to operate.
Illinois' population slightly declined in 2020 from the 2010 United States census by just over 18,000 residents and the overall population was quite higher than recent census estimates. [84] Illinois 2020 Population Density Map. Illinois is the most populous state in the Midwest region.
(The Center Square) – Elected officials are looking for answers to Illinois’ low number of new homes. Recently seated state Rep. Regan Deering, R-Decatur, said it is apparent that Illinois has ...
The Illinois pension crisis refers to the rising gap between the pension benefits owed to eligible state employees and the amount of funding set aside by the state to make these future pension payments. As of 2020, the size of Illinois' pension obligation is $237B, but the state's pension funds have only $96B available for payouts to retirees.
Illinois’ unfunded pension liability is $140 billion. That doesn’t include tens of billions in liabilities from subsidized health care coverage for public employee retirees.