FYI: My home state of Illinois is not the first place that comes to mind for innovative approaches to retirement savings. We are much more infamous for our pension plan for state workers, which is the worst-funded in the country.
But Illinois just became the first U.S. state to adopt a promising new approach to a big problem in the nation's retirement saving system: the lack of workplace saving options for low-income workers.
Regards,
Ted
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