(Chicago, IL) — Action taken by the Board of Trustees of the Illinois Teachers Retirement System is expected to translate into a large increase in Illinois‘ pension contributions. The board voted Friday to lower its rate of return on investments from seven-point-five-percent to seven-percent. The “Chicago Tribune” reports the vote means an increase of between 400 and 500-million dollars annually in how much the state chips in. Illinois currently has an unfunded pension liability of nearly 111-billion dollars, the worst-funded pensions system in the country.
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Jim McCabe/bfj IL) WDC)
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