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Strong TRS Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Annual State Contribution to TRS for FY21
New Optional Defined Contribution Plan - The TRS Supplemental Savings Plan
Accelerated Annual Increase Program for Retiring Tier 1 Members
Accelerated Pension Payment - Inactive Member "Buyout"
TRS Board of Trustees Expanded in 2020
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Environmental, Social & Governance Investing
Annual Funding Shortfalls, Not Promised Benefits, “Wreak Havoc” on State Budgets
Plan to Re–Amortize Illinois’ Pension Debt
Smoothing of TRS Actuarial Assumptions
Excess Salary Payments to TRS for End-of-Career Raises Greater than 3 Percent
Teachers Boost IL Economy by $16.1 Billion
Re-enrollment in TRIP & TRAIL
TRS Investment Strategy During Stock Market Fluctuations
Determining TRS Membership in Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3
Temp. Expansion of Post-retirement Work Limits
ERO Sunset Refunds
2013 Pension Changes for TRS Ruled Unconstitutional
Extending the Illinois Income Tax to Pensions and Retirement Income
“Consideration”
Defined Benefit Retirement Plans vs Defined Contribution Retirement Plans
The Difficult Problem of Pension Funding and Finances in Illinois
Illinois Teachers and Social Security
Placing IL Teachers in Social Security
The "Cost Shift"
Pension Protections in Illinois Law
History of the TRS Automatic Annual Increase in Benefits
Private Organization Employees in TRS
School Districts "Picking Up" Members' TRS Contributions
Facts about the $100,000 Salary and Pension Club
Teacher Pensions Are Too “Generous”
Teachers Do Not Contribute Enough to Pay for Their Entire Benefit
State of Illinois Bankruptcy
The TRS Assumed Rate of Return on Investments
Unfunded Liabilities
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