CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn insists lawmakers can fix the state's most urgent financial problem by passing a major pension overhaul in a single day, but he seems to be the only leader convinced it can be done so quickly.
Other key officials are backing a scaled-down pension plan or opposing versions now on the table, though no one but Quinn seems to think a complete overhaul will be approved when the General Assembly meets in special session Friday.
Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno said lawmakers are waiting for direction from Quinn, whose vows for reform she calls hollow.
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