Village of Columbus is among the cities that employ the most government workers per capita in Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

Adams County spent $484 per capita in 2016, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Adams tops the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2016, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

LaSalle, Monroe and Pike counties top the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2016, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Payson & Fall Creek Multi Tax Assessment District, Keene & Lima Multi Tax Assessment District and Northeast & Houston Multi Tax Assessment District top the list in Quincy Reporter with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller fin

Mc Kee, Birmingham and Beverly top the list in Quincy Reporter with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Gov. Bruce Rauner held yet another press conference concerning Quincy Veterans Home and the Legionnaires Disease outbreak.

Payson & Fall Creek Multi Tax Assessment District, Keene & Lima Multi Tax Assessment District and Northeast & Houston Multi Tax Assessment District top the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial

While veterans watched live from the Quincy Veterans Home, Rep. Michael McAuliffe (R-Chicago) and Sen. Michael Connelly (R-Naperville) raised questions about the plumbing system at the vets home that was the direct cause for the Legionnaires' disease outbreak that has killed 13 people since 2015.

Mc Kee tops the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

About 15,362 Greater Quincy residents – or about 22.9 percent of the region’s population – were on food stamp rolls in January 2017, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

In the last election, 55 assessors in 36 counties, including one in Adams County, were illegally placed on the ballot and elected, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs.

Village of Columbus, Village of Golden and Village of Plainville top the list in Quincy Reporter with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

City of Quincy, Village of Camp Point and Village of Payson top the list in Quincy Reporter with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Approximately 1.9 million Illinoisans – or about 15 percent of the state’s population – were on food stamp rolls in January 2017, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

Village of Columbus tops the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Adams County will receive a $117,317 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.

Municipalities in St. Clair, Henderson and Whiteside counties top the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

The welfare office in Quincy saw food stamp costs drop by nearly 26 percent from January 2015 to January 2017, according to a Quincy Reporter analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.

Government pension funds in Quincy depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.