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Midwest Week

Can Borrowing Fix the Pension Problems in Illinois

By Herb Trix
Published October 8, 2021 at 12:59 PM CDT
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from the Better Government Association's Illinois Public Pensions Database
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from the Better Government Association's Illinois Public Pensions Database

On Midwest Week, local governments in Illinois try to fix their pension problems.

Herb Trix's guest is Barb Ickes, reporter and columnist for the Quad City Times and Dispatch-Argus.

You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm during All Things Considered.

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Herb Trix
A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.
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