Illinois lawmakers have delayed pension reform for public employees hired since 2011, known as Tier 2 employees, despite ...

Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers declined to take up the issue during the spring session. Both lawmakers and labor unions have ...

Transit agencies in northern Illinois are facing a $771 million annual combined budget gap — and lawmakers did not pass ...

Legislation to reform mass transit around Chicago passed the Illinois Senate 32-22 shortly late Saturday, but the measure — ...

The delivery tax replaces previous revenue streams loathed by the suburbs and labor, but faces resistance of its own.

If lawmakers don't reach a deal to reform the northeastern Illinois transit system and ... said he and his colleagues are "continuing discussions" about the bill. "As we head into the remaining ...

executive director of Reform for Illinois. “With few exceptions, discussions on the topic keep hitting a brick wall.” Over the same period, two former Republican lawmakers were convicted ...

SPRINGFIELD — Public employees hired since 2011 must continue to wait for pension reform after Illinois lawmakers ... the governor welcomes these discussions but will not make major financial ...