The pension reform bill passed yesterday in Springfield closes a loophole the BGA has long criticized: A provision that allowed some private sector workers, like those of the Illinois Municipal League and the Township Officials of Illinois, to receive a public pension.
“It is time for them to get written out of the pension code,” says Emily Miller, the BGA’s policy and government affairs coordinator. “It’s those kind of loopholes that erode taxpayers’ feelings of goodwill towards the state.”
The Better Government Association and the League of Women Voters of Chicago support a more independent Chicago City Council, but caution against letting the current body set the rules for the incoming membership.
Violent crime is an urgent problem in Chicago. But fires are killers, too, preying on people of color in poor neighborhoods.
Learn about the BGA Policy’s agenda for the City of Chicago in 2023
Chicago’s new City Council will take office on May 15th. But how does it all really work, inside the council chambers? Join the Better Government Association’s policy team for an in-depth seminar on the history, rules, and workings of Chicago City Council.
