Illinois is facing a massive pension problem with an estimated $96 billion unfunded liability for its public workers. The legislature has been unable to reach a plan to overhaul the pension system. So ...

I'm apparently alone in enjoying the Mr. Show-quality spectacle of Squeezy the Pension Python, but I will say one thing in Squeezy's defense: the exchange in the CapFax comments is what Squeezy is ...

Squeezy, the Pension Python, is a snake, and it is quite common for snakes to settle securities fraud charges without admitting or denying guilt. On Monday, the Securities and Exchange Commission ...

This weekend one of my friends was installed as a pastor. Getting installed is a big deal: you're hired not just by a church, but by God. So a regional bishop was there, both to welcome the new pastor ...

Squeezy the Pension Python is dead. The orange, cartoon snake debuted in a 2012 Internet video commissioned by Gov. Pat Quinn in an effort to explain Illinois' mind-numbingly complicated pension debt.

Illinois voters may remember Squeezy the Pension Python, the main character in a video meant to gain public support for pension reform legislation in 2012. The bill passed in 2013. As described by CNN ...

How wise is it to pin your hopes for public support for fixing the state's broken pension system on a symbol that plays so readily into Illinois' reputation as a den of vipers slinking around with ...

“Squeezy the Python” now has a sequel. It’s called “Kids Don’t Have Lobbyists,” and it features a group of children looking bored while a functionary of Gov. Pat Quinn’s explains the state’s pension ...

Few in New York are likely to know, and even fewer to remember, “Squeezy the Pension Python,” the main character in a viral video seeking to win public support for pension reform in Illinois a decade ...

If Squeezy the Pension Python isn’t otherwise booked, he might want to slither into the Illinois Senate chamber for an appearance Tuesday. That’s the soonest lawmakers may vote on pension reform. This ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Squeezy, the Pension Python is a snake, and it is quite common for snakes to settle securities fraud charges without admitting or denying guilt. On Monday, ...