Public pensions

The federation issued its suggested budget roadmap Wednesday, ahead of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's first budget release.

Governance and economics, rather than cutting benefits, are increasingly seen as key to solving pension funding woes.

The ideas are emerging as focal points in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s search for solutions to the state's pension underfunding.

Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration issued an RFQ for an advisor to evaluate using state-owned assets to stabilize its pension system.

The Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago says its plan would put the state on path to fiscal solvency and double-A ratings.

The podcast series moves on location to The Bond Buyer's National Outlook Conference on New York, where Alan Rubin of Blank Rome and Michael Imber of EisnerAmper weigh in on resilience financing and pension funding, respectively. Paul Burton hosts.

The Center for Retirement Research said the situation is worth monitoring closely because optimistic return expectations could yield required contributions that are ultimately inadequate to meet benefit obligations.

Topics range from policy changes, regulatory developments, and pensions to interest rates, technology, and market opportunities.

The courts will decide whether the city must make up shortfalls in tax levy collections to cover the pension contributions.

Eric Holcomb wants to use $150 million in surplus funds to pay off teacher pension obligations and wants savings to be passed along to teachers.

Lawmakers plan to restructure the state's retirement plans in this year’s session, after last year’s bill was struck down.

Lawmakers are under pressure to fix the state's severely unfunded pension obligations.

Cities across the state are looking for pension relief as J.B. Pritzker prepares to take the reins as governor.

The Public Pension Management and Asset Investment Review Commission says its blueprint could save the commonwealth roughly $10 billion over 30 years.

The Legislature ended a special session after members concluded that there wasn’t time to overhaul the state’s underfunded pension systems.

Lawmakers are meeting this week after the state Supreme Court struck down a major pension overhaul passed earlier this year.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel says his pension package offers a path to further stabilize city employees' pensions without burdening taxpayers.

Chicago would issue up to $10 billion of POBs under a proposal the mayor left to city council to decide.

Rahm Emanuel will back a constitutional amendment to rein in pension benefits while city pension obligation bonds remain in play on a longer timeline.

Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker will inherit $133.7 billion of unfunded pension liabilities, according to a nonpartisan state commission.