Illinois is a state on the rise but that doesn’t mean it’s perfect – it has it’s fair share of issues that need to be resolved, like the state pension, the city school system, and affordable housing to name a few. Steve Grzanich looked at the new approach to finding solutions to these problems through deep-dive reporting with Jim Kirk (Publisher and Executive Editor at Crain’s Chicago Business) who previewed the Crain’s Forum monthly series that started by discussing Illinois’s pension problem.
