Chicago Pension Measures in Doubt as Quinn Withholds Signature
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It’s decision time in Chicago, the moment to rescue sinking pensions that could pull the city under. And nothing is happening.
Two weeks after Illinois lawmakers approved a bill to help stabilize two of the city’s four municipal retirement systems, Governor Pat Quinn hasn’t said whether he’ll sign it. City Council members, a year from re-election campaigns, are balking at delivering their part of the deal -- a $750 million property-tax increase.