Illinois students show continued struggles in reading, math on national exam. The nation’s report card was just released and shows Illinois students continue to struggle to meet proficiency ...

4 天之前 · This underperformance persists at the individual pension system level as well as statewide. Illinois has four of the 10 worst-funded state-level public pension systems in the …

2025年1月28日 · Illinois Policy Institute Center for Poverty Solutions, in partnership with the Archbridge Institute By Joshua Bandoch, Ph.D., head of policy, Illinois Policy Institute and …

2024年12月16日 · Illinois makes some of the largest pension contributions of any state to fund its systems. According to Wirepoints research, the annual average growth rate of Illinois pension …

The crisis threatens to burden taxpayers with massive, ever-escalating taxes to bail out a system that is not sustainable – government-worker pensions consume a fourth of the state’s budget.

2025年1月16日 · 5 principles to guide Illinois’ public pension reform. With nearly $214 billion in state and local pension debt threatening both retirees and government finances, Illinois needs …

Illinois is home to one of the worst pension crises in the country.1 At 39% funded, according to the nonpartisan Pew Charitable Trusts, Illinois has the worst pension funding ratio of any state.2 ...

2024年11月14日 · The concern arises because Tier 2’s maximum pensionable salary is growing more slowly than the Social Security wage base. In 2011, both were set at $106,800, but by …

Illinois’ low social mobility: causes and cures. Illinois Policy Institute Center for Poverty Solutions, in partnership with the Archbridge Institute By Joshua Bandoch, Ph.D., head of policy ...

The problem is particularly pronounced among Illinois’ poor. Of low-income Illinois households, which make $35,000 or less, 81.49% are housing burdened and 56.67% are severely housing …