Column: Pritzker allies putting obstacles in path toward pension fixes – Champaign News-Gazette

Column: Pritzker allies putting obstacles in path toward pension fixes – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "Democratic Senate President Don Harmon threw more cold water on Pritzker’s plan by suggesting other fiscal problems might take precedence. 'I don’t know if this is the year to do it, because I don’t think we do that in isolation,' Harmon said. 'There are some other competing pressures on funding pensions and level of pension benefits, and I think the price tag right now may be too much to pay ...'"