Illinois Gov Bruce Rauner suggests deal for Chicago pension relief — Rahm Emanuel tells him to take a hike

It appears Gov. Bruce Rauner may have been listening to his friend Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s gripes about a double taxation Chicagoans face.

But the governor’s proposed solution comes with a caveat.

In a statement released to the Chicago Tribune on Thursday, Rauner said he would support a proposal for the state to help pay for Chicago teacher pension in return for the city no longer receiving special block grants.

“As part of the compromise, we would allow the state to pay normal costs for Chicago teacher pensions, as it does for all other Illinois school districts, in exchange for sunsetting Chicago’s special block grants,” Rauner says in the op-ed.

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