Elgin taxpayers contribute almost 3 times more to pensions than city employees

By Benjamin VanMetre
07/17/2014
Local pension crises are severely affecting cities, towns and villages across Illinois. Even local governments that have a good track record with transparency and high credit scores are struggling to pay for pensions. Take the AAA-rated city of Elgin, for example. To get its pension system’s funding level up to par, the city would have...

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