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Former state university employee Laws paid in $45K to pension fund, could collect $1.54M in retirement

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Former state university employee Cheryl Laws, who retired in July 2016, saved $45,032 toward a pension over 10 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Over 30 years of retirement, Laws would collect as much as $1.54 million, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

The projection assumes Laws received $32,266 in the first year of retirement, then 3 percent annual increases thereafter, compounded.

After 2 years of retirement, Laws will have already received $65,500 in retirement benefits, or more than the sum total of the retiree's contributions to the state pension fund.

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