62 former state lawmakers receiving more than $100K pensions 06/05/2020 Illinois’ broken pension system puts $100,000 a year or more into the hands of 62 former state lawmakers. It has paid more than $1 million to 94 of them. TAGS: Arthur L. Berman, Barbara Flynn Currie, GARS: General Assembly Retirement System, Jim Edgar, lawmaker pay, Lou Lang, Pat Quinn, pensions
58 former Illinois state lawmakers collecting six-figure pensions 11/06/2018 Former lawmakers receive generous benefits from the state’s worst-run retirement fund. TAGS: Arthur L. Berman, COLA: cost of living adjustment, GARS: General Assembly Retirement System, Jim Edgar, lawmaker pay, pensions