Prairie State Wire

Former state school employee Berkman paid in $153K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.83M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | Jul 1, 2016

Former state school employee Louis Berkman, who retired in June 2016, saved $152,670 toward a pension over 26 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Reising Rechner paid in $158K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.93M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | Jul 1, 2016

Former state school employee Pamela Reising Rechner, who retired in June 2016, saved $158,057 toward a pension over 28 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.