Illinois’ largest state employee union has reached a tentative agreement on a new contract, the union said. The two sides came to agreement in the hours after the union’s previous contract ...

Illinois lawmakers are considering adding more than $64.5 billion in pension costs in the final hours of budget negotiations.

The Democrats in control of the Illinois state government are preparing to enact sweeping pension and health care cuts for public employees ... of-living adjustment (COLA) and replace it with ...