Municipalities in Hamilton, Macon and Lake counties top the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.
DeKalb County will receive a $98,951 grant out of $2.7 million in funds earmarked for 17 Illinois counties to help children who have been victims of violent crimes, according to a state criminal justice agency.
Nine public schools in Illinois raised tuition faster than inflation over a three-year period, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of in-state tuition for 2013-14 and 2016-17 at 115 public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.
The welfare office in Sycamore saw food stamp costs drop by 6.96 percent from January 2015 to January 2017, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.
Government pension funds in Hinckley, Genoa and Sandwich depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
Illinois residents pay up to 76 percent more to attend a Big Ten school and up to 49 percent more to attend a Mid-America Conference school than their counterparts in other states, according to a Higher Education Tribune’s analysis of in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.
Government pension funds in DeKalb, Sycamore and Sandwich depended most on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
The national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List (SBA List) has endorsed state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) in her Republican primary run to unseat Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner.
Welfare offices in Quincy, Blue Island and Calumet Park saw food stamp costs drop the most from January 2015 to January 2017, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.
Concerns that Gov. Bruce Rauner's recent Cook County Republican Central Committee endorsement was a rigged outcome are unfounded, a Rockford lawmaker and Rauner supporter said during a recent interview.
A government pension fund in Hinckley depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
An Illinoisan attending the University of Illinois will spend nearly $8,000 more per year than a Missourian at Missouri State University-Springfield, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of 116 four-year public universities in 10 Midwestern states based on enrollment.
A government pension fund in DeKalb depended most on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
The number of people receiving food stamps in one DeKalb County location dropped by 4.5 percent as President Trump entered office, according to a DeKalb Times analysis of federal data.