News Links June 8th, 2015

News coverage for June 8th, 2015 – including government pensions, the ongoing budget battle in Illinois, and the uncertain fate of the (currently) indefinitely suspended Illiana Expressway.

• Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: Back to the future on pensions
• Chicago Tribune Editorial Board: The war for Illinois
• Push to Change California Pensions Set to Roil Calpers
• How can CPS make looming pension payment and payroll? That’s the ‘magic question’
• Rauner’s decision on Illiana leaves supporters, foes in limbo