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Analysis: Quincy pays $6.77 for every $1 pensioners contribute to Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund

By Local Labs News Service | May 15, 2018

Taxpayers contributed 87.1 percent of the $2,948,887 the Quincy Firefighters Pension Fund brought in last year, or $6.77 for every $1 from pension members.

From Prairie State Wire

Report: Which school districts pay the highest administrator salaries?

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Public school administrators in Bannockburn School District 106, Rosemont Elementary School District 78 and New Trier Township High School District 203 earn the highest average salary in the state, according to the latest Illinois schools report card.

From Prairie State Wire

Public employee tally: Top 100 park districts in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | 6 years ago

Park districts in Cook, Grundy and DuPage counties employ the most government workers per capita in Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

Analysis: Quincy administrators rank 693rd in state for average pay

By Local Labs News Service | May 12, 2018

Administrators in Quincy Public School District 172 earn an average of $84,640 per year, ranking 693rd out of 858 districts in the state.

Analysis: Liberty administrators rank 773rd in state for average pay

By Local Labs News Service | May 11, 2018

Administrators in Liberty Community Unit School District 2 earn an average of $79,115 per year, ranking 773rd out of 858 districts in the state.

From Prairie State Wire

8,050 borrowers in default on student loans after attending public schools in Illinois

By LGIS Newsfeed | 6 years ago

College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Parkland College in Champaign and Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville reported the largest share of borrowers at public higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

Analysis: Community Unit School District #4 administrators rank 824th in state for average pay

By Local Labs News Service | May 10, 2018

Administrators in Community Unit School District #4 earn an average of $72,156 per year, ranking 824th out of 858 districts in the state.

From Peoria Standard

Tracy's bill allows for email notification in contested cases

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) is making it easier to serve someone by allowing email notification in contested cases.

Analysis: Central administrators rank 790th in state for average pay

By Local Labs News Service | May 9, 2018

Administrators in Central Community Unit School District 3 earn an average of $77,300 per year, ranking 790th out of 858 districts in the state.

From Prairie State Wire

Ives foretells bleak bankruptcy future for Illinois municipalities

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

What is most important, your job, your home or your pension asked Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton).

From Prairie State Wire

Analysis: 1,562 college athletes play softball in Illinois

By LGIS Newsfeed | 6 years ago

Illinois is the fifth most popular states for college softball, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

From Prairie State Wire

Senate backs bill to end longtime governor's office budget practice

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

The practice known as offshoring, in which salaries of some government employees are paid out of other agencies’ budgets, is closer to becoming a practice of the past in the governor’s office following actions in the Senate on May 3.

From Prairie State Wire

1115 Medicaid waiver will help launch 10 health care initiatives, Rauner says

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Gov. Bruce Rauner said Illinois will be the national leader in mental health services.

Analysis: Payson administrators rank 706th in state for average pay

By Local Labs News Service | May 8, 2018

Administrators in Payson Community Unit School District 1 earn an average of $83,769 per year, ranking 706th out of 858 districts in the state.

Public employee tally: Greater Quincy

By Local Labs News Service | May 8, 2018

Adams County had 325 public employees – 0.48 percent of the county's population, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

From West Central Reporter

Tracy helps give Miss Quincy a warm Senate welcome

By Angela Underwood | 6 years ago

Sen. Jil Tracy (R-Quincy) had royalty at her side recently in the Senate.

Clayton home prices fall in April 2018

By Local Labs News Service | May 7, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in April 2018 in Clayton fell by $15,750 while total sales increased by 100%.

Quincy home prices fall in April 2018

By Local Labs News Service | May 7, 2018

The median sale price of a home sold in April 2018 in Quincy fell by $2,050 while total sales decreased by 9.6%.

From Prairie State Wire

Ives, McSweeney endorse Shaw for GOP chairman

By Glenn Minnis | 6 years ago

Committeeman Mark Shaw has bagged the endorsements of state Reps. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) and David McSweeney (R-Barrington Hills) in his run for chairman of the Illinois Republican Party.