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The time has come for real solutions to Illinois and Chicago’s grossly underfunded pensions

The five state pension systems collectively have a staggering unfunded liability of $139 billion, and Chicago’s unfunded liability of $35.4 billion.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 31, 2023

With affirmative action gone, states have a duty to eliminate inequity in public schools

Illinois, for instance, has over-relied on local property taxes to fund K-12 education, effectively tying educational quality to local property wealth that is markedly lower in segregated Black communities.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 24, 2023

Invest in Kids is a school choice program worth keeping

A Loyola University Chicago Law School professor defends the program as a cost-saving alternative that provides lower-income families with the option to attend Catholic schools if they choose.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

Chicago should be talking about its big pension problem

All four pension programs are vastly underfunded. There’s no meeting of minds around resolving the issue. But Chicagoans deserve to hear more about solutions as the municipal election approaches.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 2, 2023