WFLD Fox 32 Chicago President and General Manager Dennis Welsh did not mince words about the perilous place Illinois’ growing pension crisis has left the state in during a recently aired editorial on the network in which he predicted voters are primed for revolt given anything short of pension reform.
Nelson Wood donated $1,500 to Democrat Nathan Reitz's election campaign committee, Friends of Nathan Reitz, on Sept. 26, 2019, according to records obtained from the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE).
Illinois’ record-setting 2017 income tax hike has done little to slow the state’s rising pension costs, leaving state taxpayers on the hook for nearly $250 billion in unfunded public pension liability.