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Police officers, teachers, caregivers and other rank-and-file public servants join Illinois AFL-CIO members to protest the state's pension situation and Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's opposition to arbitrators ruling on AFSCME pay raises and closing facilities, at the Illinois State Capitol Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 in Springfield, Ill. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)
Illinos Teachers Retirement System, the pension fund for the state’s 362,000 teachers. | Photo illustration by Steven Buyansky~Sun-Times Media
President of the Lake County Federation of Teachers Mike McGue of Lake Villa. | Thomas Delany Jr.~Sun-Times Media
Jules Gaudin, Deputy Superintendent and Chief Operations Officer for Waukegan School District 60. | Special to Sun-Times Media
School officials in Waukegan District 60, where the levy has already been maxed out under the tax cap, argued that they could not afford to what amounts to a $7.3 million cumulative impact over five years under an Illinois House-proposed .5 percent annual phase-in of …
