The Illinois Supreme Court ruled that former Gov. Pat Quinn was correct in 2011 when he denied state workers promised pay raises because lawmakers had not appropriated the money.
The court’s 6-1 decision is another twist in a five-year-old debacle that serves as a subplot to the state’s long-running fiscal crisis. Some workers have gotten their money, while thousands more haven’t.
The ruling reversed earlier conclusions that 30,000 members of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees’ state council were due negotiated raises, which the union a year earlier had already agreed to delay because of the budget mess.
