Can City Pension Reforms Survive?
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Attorney John Schmidt talks about why he thinks Chicago's pension reform will survive.
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over Chicago's pension reforms in November. Attorney John Schmidt says the city's pension reforms are fundamentally different than the state's reforms that were struck down earlier this year. Schmidt joins us on Chicago Tonight.
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Can City Pension Reforms Survive?
Clip: 8/18/2015 | 9m 56sVideo has Closed Captions
The Illinois Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over Chicago's pension reforms in November. Attorney John Schmidt says the city's pension reforms are fundamentally different than the state's reforms that were struck down earlier this year. Schmidt joins us on Chicago Tonight.
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