SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Employee labor unions have filed a lawsuit to force Governor Bruce Rauner’s administration to pay medical claims for 146,000 state workers and retirees under self-insurance programs.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday before a St. Clair County judge considering an earlier lawsuit about government paychecks during the budget impasse. The unions say Rauner’s decision to stop payments for medical claims is an unconstitutional contract violation.
