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The Illinois state Capitol in May 2018 in Springfield. Overly generous pensions have helped turn part-time state lawmakers into self-interested career politicians — making much-needed pension reform difficult.

Yes, Illinois can eliminate legislative pensions

It’s naive to think Illinois will ever see real pension reform. At least not as long as state politicians continue to get big pensions from the same retirement plans they’re...