Quincy Reporter

Analysis: Tri-Township FPD Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

By Local Labs News Service | May 4, 2018

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Tri-Township FPD Firefighters Pension Fund lost $282,090 in 2016, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Analysis: Quincy Police Pension Fund would go broke in seven years without taxpayer subsidy

By Local Labs News Service | May 4, 2018

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Quincy Police Pension Fund lost $4,560,807 in 2016, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Analysis: Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund would go broke in nine years without taxpayer subsidy

By Local Labs News Service | May 4, 2018

Without members and taxpayers subsidizing its revenue, Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund lost $3,289,207 in 2016, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: College baseball in Illinois grosses $24.8 million

By LGIS Newsfeed | 6 years ago

Robert Morris University baseball tops the list of highest grossing programs in Illinois, reporting more than $1.3 million – or $10,678 per athlete – in 2016, followed by Bradley University ($1.2 million), and University of Illinois at Chicago ($980,248), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.

7 offenders paroled in zip code 62305 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 3, 2018

Seven offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62305, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Quincy Reporter.

Public employee tally: Bottom 25 counties in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | May 3, 2018

Adams is among the Illinois counties that employ the fewest government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

3 offenders paroled in zip code 62360 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 2, 2018

Three offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62360, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Quincy Reporter.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois colleges, universities report 9.6 percent default rate on student loans

By LGIS Newsfeed | 6 years ago

At Larry's Barber College in Chicago, 40.3 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

From Chambana Sun

Democrats seek to increase union footprint in higher education

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Grad student teaching assistants have no business being union members, according to three GOP senators.

From Prairie State Wire

Illinois House passes bill to require race and ethnicity-based quotas at state universities pension system

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinoisans of Italian, Mexican, French and Eastern European descent could be in line for top management jobs with one of the state's largest public pension systems if a bill becomes law.

52 offenders paroled in zip code 62301 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Fifty two offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62301, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Quincy Reporter.

Former state school employee Shurtz paid in $28K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.05M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Lori Shurtz, who retired in April 2018, saved $27,731 toward a pension over 9 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Records show how much Quincy Reporter school districts have paid for spiking teacher pensions ahead of retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Out of school districts in Quincy Reporter, Quincy Public School District 172 paid the most in penalties since 2005 for spiking employee salaries to boost outgoing teachers' retirement benefits, according to data obtained from the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois.

From Prairie State Wire

Public employee tally: Top 25 counties in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Menard, Pulaski and Scott counties are among Illinois counties that employ the most government workers per capita in Illinois, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.