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The Illinois pension crisis refers to the rising gap between the pension benefits owed to eligible state employees and the amount of funding set aside by the state to make these future pension payments. As of 2020, the size of Illinois' pension obligation is $237B, but the state's pension funds have only $96B available for payouts to retirees.
The Illinois General Assembly created the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois (TRS or the System) in 1939 for the purpose of providing retirement annuities, and disability and survivor benefits for educators employed in public schools outside the city of Chicago. The System's enabling legislation is in the Illinois Pension ...
In many states, public employee pension plans are known as Public Employee Retirement Systems (PERS). Pension benefits may or may not be changed after an employee is hired, depending on the state and plan, as well as hiring date, years of service, and grandfathering. Retirement age in the public sector is usually lower than in the private ...
Keeping financial firms out of state business for environmental and other policy reasons is proving to be costly to cities and retirees 'Keep politics out of my pension,' says retired teacher ...
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (or IMRF) is the second largest and best-funded public pension system in Illinois. Since 1941, has partnered with local units of government to provide retirement, disability and death benefits for public employees. With a funded status of about 98 percent and more than $50 billion in assets, IMRF is well ...
A Republican state representative highlighted recent property tax hikes in southern Cook County, particularly in Harvey, where taxes have increased by more than 35 percent.
This list of largest pension funds in the United States involves two main groups: government pension funds for public employees and collectively bargained pension funds, jointly managed between employer and employee representatives after the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947.
The State Universities Retirement System, or SURS, is an agency in the U.S. state of Illinois government that administers retirement, disability, death, and survivor benefits to eligible SURS participants and annuitants. Membership in SURS is attained through employment with 61 employing agencies, [1] including public universities, community ...