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Chicago police union responds to analysis of pension fund
The Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 7, the Chicago Police Department union, responded to projections estimating the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago will require a taxpayer bailout to pay for retiree benefits in four years.
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Projection: Chicago's police pension fund will be broke in 2021
Without a taxpayer bailout, Chicago’s police pension fund won’t have enough money to pay benefits to retirees in 2021, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.
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Chicago Teachers Pension fund paid out $1.5 billion in '16, earned $7.8 million
The Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund (CTPF) paid out $1.5 billion last fiscal year, mostly on benefits to retirees. But it only earned $7.8 million on its investments, according to a filing it made with the Illinois Department of Insurance.
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Analysis: CPS has overspent budget 15 years straight, by total $6.6 billion
The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have blown their annual budgets in 15 of the past 15 years by a collective $6.6 billion, amassing debt to continually increase spending on operations while district student enrollment has steadily fallen.
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$999 million out, $90 million in: Chicago pension funds see the abyss, shrug it off
In 2015, the City of Chicago’s two employee pension funds paid out $999 million to 29,286 retirees.