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Illinois lawmakers plan to short pensions by $5.1B in July
Illinois’ five state-run retirement systems need $16.8 billion in funding for the coming fiscal year, but state lawmakers only plan to pay $11.7 billion. That’s $5.1 billion less than needed for plans already approaching insolvency. Illinois lawmakers plan …