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IL Pension panel to meet in Springfield

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A bipartisan panel tasked with finding a solution to Illinois' massive pension problem is set to meet this afternoon.   Today marks their third meeting. The 10-member panel formed last month out of a special session on pensions. Lawmakers adjourned without agreeing on a solution to the nearly $100 billion crisis.  Both chambers had been divided on dueling pension plans. Committee members say they're taking those into account but have other ideas too.  Governor Pat Quinn gave the committee a Tuesday deadline. However, lawmakers have said they won't meet it. They've asked for actuarial analysis, which will take several days to complete.   Quinn has declined the committee's invitation to testify today. He says committee members know where he stands and that his budget office will speak on his behalf.

Todd Hatton hails from Paducah, Kentucky, where he got into radio under the auspices of the late, great John Stewart of WKYX while a student at Paducah Community College. He also worked at WKMS in the reel-to-reel tape days of the early 1990s before running off first to San Francisco, then Orlando in search of something to do when he grew up. He received his MFA in Creative Writing at Murray State University. He vigorously resists adulthood and watches his wife, Angela Hatton, save the world one plastic bottle at a time.
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