If Illinois used a more conservative actuarial method to estimate liabilities, amortized over no more than 30 years (or a shorter period, as is used in many states that want to get a handle on their pension liabilities) and used a more realistic return assumption for TRS, those pension contributions would be rising even faster.

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Once their online reporting method is up and running FIFPro estimate a total of 12, 000 players and 20, 000 people associated with the game will be able to disclose any bullying, intimidation, harassment, and inappropriate approaches.

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Using the same method for Greece and Turkey, his estimate was 0.1%.

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