SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois officials have delayed borrowing $500 million for construction projects because the pension crisis makes the state's debt more expensive.
Abdon Pallasch is spokesman for Gov. Pat Quinn's budget office. He says a bond sale scheduled for Wednesday was postponed after potential bidders warned of an "unsettled" market.
Blame the ongoing quandary over how to reduce a $96 billion deficit in Illinois public-employeepension accounts. Standard & Poor's is the latest credit agency to downgrade the state's credit worthiness because of the pension mess.
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