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The Illinois State Supreme Court ruled Thursday that state-subsidized health care premiums for retired state employees are protected under the Illinois Constitution. The 6-1 decision centers on a 2012 law that allowed the state to charge retired workers for health care insurance premiums. Prior to then, many retirees did not have to pay, depending on...
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Information Technology Services provides retirees with continuing access to computing services at NIU. AccountID Your AccountID expires 210 days after your retirement date or Feb. 2, 2015, whichever comes later. Your AccountID gives you access to MyNIU for your W-2. Are you coming back to work at NIU? Fill out a request to extend your primary...
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NIU’s Annuitants Association is planning a Saturday, Nov. 17, trip to the Chicago Fine Chocolate Show. The Chicago Fine Chocolate Show, a unique fine chocolate and culinary event open to the general, chocolate-loving public, features fine artisanal chocolate creations from around the world. Held at Navy Pier, the event showcases world-class chocolatiers while presenting the...
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The Associated Press is reporting today that Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn “has signed a law that ends free health care for state retirees and requires them all to contribute to the cost of health care, based on their ability to pay.” Rich Miller’s Capitol Fax begins its coverage this way: “We still don’t know how...
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Rep. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) introduced HB 4996  to curb the current practice of Illinois’ public universities rehiring annuitants to work while drawing a pension. This bill passed both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly, and the governor is expected to sign the bill over the summer. Biss, who has been actively involved in various efforts...
Seal of the State of Illinois
Presidents and chancellors of public universities in the State of Illinois sent letters Thursday, May 3, to Gov. Pat Quinn as well as Illinois General Assembly leaders Michael Madigan, John Cullerton, Christine Radogno and Tom Cross. The letters outlined a statement of 10 objectives for stabilization of the State Universities Retirement System that is fair...
State Rep. Robert Pritchard
State Rep. Bob Pritchard vowed Thursday that he would not support a proposed pension reform bill that could come up for a vote as early as next week. “I will be a no vote on SB 512, and I will urge my colleagues to also vote no,” said Pritchard (R-Hinckley), whose district includes DeKalb. His...
State Rep. Robert Pritchard
NIU’s Operating Staff Council will host State Rep. Robert Pritchard at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. The Republican legislator from Hinckley will gather with the group in the Carl Sandburg Auditorium of the Holmes Student Center to address issues related to the ongoing debate in Springfield regarding pension reform. This meeting was previously scheduled for the...
NIU President John G. Peters
Efforts to repair the state’s failing pension system should not punish those who have faithfully paid into that system, NIU President John Peters said today in his keynote address at the State University Annuitants Association annual meeting in Springfield. “It is unfair to lay this problem at the feet of employees and annuitants. In the...
Seal of the State of Illinois
The General Assembly closed out its spring session Tuesday night by passing a budget for Fiscal Year 2012, but set aside issues related to pension reform and annuitant health insurance premium changes. Both of those items are expected to be the topic of continued discussion and debate over the summer and are scheduled to be...
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Join the NIU Annuitants Association trip Wednesday, March 9, to the Chicago Flower & Garden Show on Navy Pier plus the Gethsemane Garden Center in Chicago.