Politics & Government
The Dead are Collecting Millions in Illinois Pensions
How will the state get the taxpayers' money back?

You’ve heard the one about dead people in Illinois voting, right? Well, have you heard the one about dead pensioners getting monthly payments you’re helping to fund?
It’s no joke. That’s the latest revelation in a joint investigation by the Better Government Association and the Chicago Sun-Times.
The news organizations reported that pension funds for Chicago, Cook County and Illinois sent thousands of payments to dead people. From 2010 to 2014, 11 of 15 major pension funds made $2.2 million in payments to more than 1,000 dead people they know of, according to the Sun-Times and BGA. They now are trying to recover that money.
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The BGA reported separately that the number of Illinoisans drawing an annual pension of $100,000 or more has jumped by more than 18 percent in just one year, adding to the state’s funding pressures…
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