Archives
and
History of past RTAC information.
3/30/21
Read a full report on and
history of the Illinois' Public Pensions from the Illinois
Public Employee Relations Report here (a
large file).
Read Back
issues
of our News Bulletin here.
Look at
legislation
introduced and/or acted on prior to the current
session here.
When
is a 'Loan' not a loan? (Maybe
when CPS asks for one?) Read
this.
HB3695 Passed
House 102-9
HB3695 Passed House
102-9 but was
bottled up in the Senate.
See
Vote
here.
Look at legislation
introduced and/or acted on prior to the current
session here.
Read
a very good summary of the
effects of past 'Pension Holidays' and what must be
learned from the
past mistakes here.
Read
the proposed Constitutional
Amendment HERE,
RTAC's comments
HERE
and letters of explanation HERE. NOTE: The Amendment
FAILED to pass in the November
election!
Looking for a little balance in
the pension wars, try here.
Read
what the New York
Times had to say about Illinois financial condition here.
Listen
to CTPF Executive
Director Kevin
Huber's remarks from the Fall 2012 Luncheon here.
(NOTE:
This is an
audio ONLY file so turn up your volume.)
Read
Governor
Quinn's pension reform proposal here.
Read a
transcript of
Illinois Senate Leader Culleton's remarks from our
Fall 2011 Luncheon here.
A
BIG defeat for anyone
hired after January 1,
2011-
Bill
1946
changes
the
defined benefit pension plan to a defined
contribution pension plan, does not pay a pension
until a retiree
reaches the age of 67 and averages the last EIGHT
years of service to determine the amount of the
pension.
(See the House vote here
and the Senate
vote here.)
On July 19,
2009, WBBM (780) radio interviewed Senate President Cullerton
on their
'At Issue' program. At
one point, when talking about sources of revenue, he pointed
out that
Illinois is one of the few states that does not tax retirement
income.
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