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Gov. JB Pritzker signed the pension consolidation law, receiving bipartisan support, in 2019 following decades of negotiations. Illinois Supreme Court allows continued consolidation of downstate ...
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.
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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.
(The Center Square) – Illinois’ pension debt compared to personal income is the second worst in the nation. Fitch Ratings reviewed pension funds for public employee retirees from every state ...
The Illinois Compiled Statutes (ILCS) are the codified statutes of a general and permanent nature of Illinois. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The compilation organizes the general Acts of Illinois into 67 chapters arranged within 9 major topic areas. [ 3 ]
Pension benefits are primarily designed to favor workers who work a full career (typically at least 25 years of service), which account for approximately 24% of state-level public workers. In a study of 335 statewide retirement plans, Equable Institute found that 74.1% of pension plans in the US served this group of workers well.
Between now and 2040, Peoria owes, roughly, $360 million in public safety pension payments due to a state mandate that police and fire pensions be 90% funded by 2040.