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The Center Square: Analysis shows more than 132,000 Illinois public employees with six-figure salaries
An audit of Illinois public employee salaries and pensions found a staggering number of employees were in the six-figure club.
The nonprofit government watchdog organization OpenTheBooks.com found educators, city managers, bus drivers and even barbers were pulling in more than $100,000 a year. A total of 132,188 public employees made six-figure salaries, costing taxpayers $17 billion.
The Chicago Sun-Time: Turn down the dial on rising Peoples Gas costs
Why does Peoples Gas Co.’s parent company keep making higher profits while a significant sector of Chicagoans are struggling to pay their heating bills?
Crain's Chicago Business: Lightfoot's $16.4 billion budget clears committee hurdles, heads to full vote
Daily Herald: State senator whose district includes Arlington Park opposes possible Bears TIF
State Sen. Ann Gillespie — whose district includes the 326-acre Arlington Park property — is adding her voice to those opposed to possible tax increment financing support for the proposed Chicago Bears redevelopment.
Gillespie, an Arlington Heights Democrat who is sponsor of legislation to reform the controversial TIF process, questioned the need for the local property tax help during conversations about the NFL franchise’s possible move to the shuttered racetrack, where the team has proposed a $5 billion mixed-use redevelopment.