Illinois Teachers' Retirement System Board

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The 1%: Illinois’ pension millionaires

By Austin Berg | Thursday, Jan 23, 2020 @ 5:36pm

More than 129,000 Illinois public pensioners will see expected payouts of $1 million or more during retirement.
IL Supreme Court OKs law that allowed union lobbyist to collect teacher pension after one day in classroom

By Dan Churney | Thursday, Apr 4, 2019 @ 4:32pm

The Illinois Supreme Court says a teachers union lobbyist will be allowed to double his pension after he served as a substitute teacher for one day. The decision came over dissents from other justices on the court who said the law allowing the pension boost was merely written to benefit a handful of union employees at taxpayer expense.