
Illinois State Treasurer’s Office News Releases

August 1, 2025 – Ryne Sandberg, Mickey Mantle Baseball Cards, Gold Hermes Man’s Bracelet On Tap At Treasurer Frerichs’ State Fair I-CASH Auction Preview
Baseball cards featuring the late Cubs legend Ryne Sandberg and Yankees great Mickey Mantle, basketball cards of Wilt Chamberlain and Walt Frazier, and an 18-karat yellow gold Hermes man’s chain bracelet are just some of the 250 unclaimed property lots on display for the public to preview on Tuesday, August 5.


July 15, 2025 – Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs Returns Record $303 Million to People, Businesses, Nonprofits in Fiscal Year 2025
Treasurer Michael Frerichs presents an over-sized check to a woman at an ICash event.



Treasurer Frerichs Eclipses $5 Billion in Investment Earnings for State Portfolio
Surpasses $3 billion earned for cities, schools through Illinois Funds Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced today that he has generated more than $5 billion in investment earnings from the state portfolio during his tenure. With one month to go in the state’s Fiscal Year 2025, investment earnings are up 6.07% compared with the same 11 months of Fiscal Year 2024. “Every dollar we earn in interest for the people of Illinois is a dollar that lawmakers don’t have to raise…



