For many Illinoisans, the next recession is already here    Illinois Policy   January 31st 2017 Illinois lost 11,000 manufacturing jobs in 2016. Illinois is not working. Since the end of the Great Recession, most members of the Illinois General Assembly have...
There were four offenders convicted of financial crimes or fraud released on parole in Steger during 2018, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette. Read more..
SB2814 – An Overhaul of Illinois Energy Policy and a Bailout for Largest Nuclear Power Company in the US By Jeanne Ives 12/5/2016 Merry Christmas from the Illinois General Assembly who could not focus on the task at hand - putting...
By Steve Balich  January 2016 Last March we the people got enough signatures to put a Referendum on the Ballot telling local Boards wholly or partially within Homer Township we the taxpayers want local taxing bodies to ask the people...
There was an offender convicted of a crime involving one or more weapons released on parole near Illinois zip code 60586 during the first quarter, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by the Will County Gazette. Read...
Illinois Senate proposal would tax home repairs Senate Bill 9’s tax on home repairs would fall hardest on Illinois’ middle-class and senior residents. Members of the home building industry say Senate Bill 9’s tax on home repairs would fall hardest on...
From the NIU President: 43% of the students pay no tuition or fees. So taxpayers are picking up the tab for this many students? Higher Education B.S.
Audit panel reviewing state lease deal that some call an affront to taxpayers By Michael Carroll and Greg Bishop May 26, 2017 Image courtesy of BlueRoomStream Mike Hoffman, acting director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services, testified Thursday...
The Elected County Wide Positions are: County Clerk, Clerk of the Circuit Court, Sheriff, Auditor, Treasurer, States Attorney, Coroner, County Executive, Regional Office of Education, and Recorder of Deeds. Presently they receive a salary of apx. $90, 000 plus,...
City of Wilmington City Council met Thursday, June 6. Read more..

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