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More pension fun from Tuesday morning's show, this time with John Tillman, CEO of Illinois Policy Institute.  We asked him about many of the details of the proposed pension deal, including the fake defined contribution option that's inside: It's a fake 401k plan to seduce Republican votes in the legislature...

A vote could take place Tuesday afternoon (perhaps by the time you read this) on a new pension reform plan for Illinois.  State Sen. Dave Syverson joined "Riley & Scot" to discuss the bill.  While he didn't straight-out say he'd be a "yes" vote, it certainly seemed that was the way he was leaning.  ...

Republican candidate for Illinois Governor, Bruce Rauner, took some time off the campaign trail to join Riley & Scot on the show.  When asked about the addition of Paul Vallas as Governor Quinn's running mate, he said: I've known Paul for 20 years, I've worked with him a bit on school reform... ...