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Proposal: Extend income tax hike to pay for pensions

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State Rep. Lou Lang today proposed extending the state's 2011 income tax hike to pay for the state's massive pension debt. The Skokie Democrat's controversial plan makes him among the first state lawmakers to publicly call for extending the 2 percentage point tax increase.

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