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Madigan re-election as state Democratic leader should serve as wake-up call, Caulkins says

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Dan Caulkins thinks Illinois Democrats moving to re-elect House Speaker Mike Madigan (D-Chicago) as chairman of the state Democratic Party should effectively serve as an endorsement for the re-election of Gov. Bruce Rauner.

Former state university employee Berndt paid in $78K to pension fund, could collect $1.85M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state university employee Dean Berndt, who retired in April 2018, saved $77,696 toward a pension over 34 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Bennett paid in $51K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $930K in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Jamie Bennett, who retired in April 2018, saved $50,915 toward a pension over 16 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Gallagher paid in $141K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $3M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Maureen Gallagher, who retired in April 2018, saved $141,027 toward a pension over 30 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Olbert paid in $14K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $366K in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Deborah Olbert, who retired in April 2018, saved $13,627 toward a pension over 6 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Shurtz paid in $28K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.05M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Lori Shurtz, who retired in April 2018, saved $27,731 toward a pension over 9 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Lawrence paid in $117K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.12M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Angela Lawrence, who retired in April 2018, saved $117,212 toward a pension over 29 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Former state university employee Trickey paid in $25K to pension fund, could collect $495K in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state university employee Dorothy Trickey, who retired in April 2018, saved $24,951 toward a pension over 16 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

47 offenders paroled in zip code 61701 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Forty seven offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 61701, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by McLean County Times.

Records show how much McLean County school districts have paid for spiking teacher pensions ahead of retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Out of school districts in McLean County, McLean County Unit School District 5 paid the most in penalties since 2005 for spiking employee salaries to boost outgoing teachers' retirement benefits, according to data obtained from the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois.

Public employee tally: Top 25 counties in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Livingston is among Illinois counties that employ the most government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.