Sunday Letters: No scandal over teacher pension overpayments

After reading the Sept. 13 Sun-Times story “Pensioners die, but retirement pay keeps coming,” the public could easily conclude, incorrectly, that Teachers’ Retirement System is not paying attention or doesn’t care about retirement benefits mistakenly paid to retirees that have died. The truth is there is no scandal regarding these “overpayments.” At TRS, we pursue repayment, […]