Prairie State Wire

Former state university employee Hermes paid in $46K to pension fund, could collect $2.76M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 1, 2016

Former state university employee Paula Hermes, who retired in January 2016, saved $45,753 toward a pension over 21 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Weitekamp paid in $146K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.24M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | Feb 1, 2016

Former state school employee Susan Weitekamp, who retired in January 2016, saved $145,922 toward a pension over 23 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.