CHICAGO (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Monday that he would be willing to consider changes in the state's $77 billion pension system, with a report on expected to be released this week on how the system could be improved.
"What I've said is I'm not proposing any changes at this time," he told reporters after a speech at the Commercial Club of Chicago. "That doesn't mean I won't be open to them."
Walker's comments came just days after the Pew Center on the States determined Wisconsin was the only state in the nation with enough money to meet its current obligations and to pay pensions that have been promised to public employees. The Republican governor on Monday touted his efforts.
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