Mark Suppelsa & WGN News Investigate "Pension Games"
3,596 views · Published 1 February 2012 · 14:00 · Indexed 30 October 2026
Channel: WGN News · 2012 · News & Politics
In a WGN News investigation, Mark Suppelsa and this team exposed a dozen union leaders cheating Illinois' public pension system. We caught union leaders filing false paperwork, and lobbyists working one day as a substitute teachers to earn six-figure pensions. Our reports prompted a federal grand jury probe and a state law to stop the pension abuses.
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