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Durbin, Feinstein criticized for bringing religion into court hopeful's hearing

By LocalLabs News Service | Sep 15, 2017

U.S. Sens. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) have drawn the ire of national commentators for suggesting that a U.S. circuit court nominee is unsuitable for the position because of her religious faith and how it could affect her legal interpretations, according to the Illinois Republican Party.

Top earner at U of I at Chicago brought home $750K in 2016

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 31, 2017

Dean and Senior Officer Dimitri Azar was the highest-earning individual at University of Illinois at Chicago in 2016, with total compensation reaching $750,239 according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of Illinois Board of Higher Education data.

Top earner at Northeastern Illinois University brought home $291K in 2016

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 31, 2017

Northeastern Illinois University President Sharon Hahs was the highest-earning individual at the institution in 2016, with total compensation reaching $291,114 according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of Illinois Board of Higher Education data.

Top earner at Chicago State University brought home $215K in 2016

By LocalLabs News Service | Aug 28, 2017

Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Angela Henderson was the highest-earning individual at Chicago State University in 2016, with total compensation reaching $215,625, according to a Chicago City Wire analysis of Illinois Board of Higher Education data.

State CPS pension bailout also a boon for its investment managers

By LocalLabs News Service | Jul 23, 2017

If state taxpayers bail out the beleaguered, $10.1 billion in debt Chicago Public Schools' pension fund, they won't merely be covering cash shortfalls for teacher retirements.

New Rauner aide praised for anti-abortion stance, despite controversy

By LocalLabs News Service | Jul 21, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner's new communications specialist has garnered widespread criticism following recent comments about abortion, and now anti-abortion groups are weighing in on the controversy.

Pro-life leader: 'fabricated outrage' unfair to women, Rauner

By LocalLabs News Service | Jul 21, 2017

Governor Bruce Rauner should be lauded for hiring "intelligent, diverse, and well-rounded" staff, says Illinois Right-to-Life Executive Director Emily Troscinski.

Indicted Teamsters labor boss bought $1.1M Lincoln Park home in'14

By LocalLabs News Service | Jul 13, 2017

A labor leader charged with extorting $100,000 from a local business paid more than $1 million for a Lincoln Park home in 2014.

Rauner replaces Chief of Staff Goldberg with Illinois Policy's Rasmussen

By LocalLabs News Service | Jul 10, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner has fired his Chief of Staff Richard Goldberg and replaced him with Illinois Policy Institute President Kristina Rasmussen.

Projection: Chicago's police pension fund will be broke in 2021

By LocalLabs News Service | Jun 20, 2017

Without a taxpayer bailout, Chicago’s police pension fund won’t have enough money to pay benefits to retirees in 2021, according to a projection by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which publishes Chicago City Wire.

"A private concern in such shape would be called 'broke'"

By LocalLabs News Service | Jun 11, 2017

That's an actuary describing the Chicago Teacher's Pension Fund 86 years ago, when it was one-sixteenth as broke as it is today.

Analysis: State taxpayers spending $108K per Northeastern Illinois U. graduate

By LocalLabs News Service | May 31, 2017

State taxpayers spend $40 million per year subsidizing Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU), but fewer than five percent of its students manage to graduate on time.

Illinois' Income tax hike: which Chicagoland communities will pay the most?

By LocalLabs News Service | May 29, 2017

Taxpayers in the the City of Chicago's seventeen wealthiest zip codes would pay an additional $473 million in state income taxes if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.

Analysis: CPS could save close to $200 million by closing empty schools

By LocalLabs News Service | May 25, 2017

Chicago Public Schools could save close to $200 million per year by closing more than 100 mostly empty schools it continues to operate and maintain.

Analysis: State, federal subsidies to CPS among Chicago-area's highest

By LocalLabs News Service | May 19, 2017

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) received $6,632 per-pupil in state and federal subsidies in 2016, ranking 47th among 291 school districts in the Chicagoland area.

Analysis: CPS has overspent budget 15 years straight, by total $6.6 billion

By LocalLabs News Service | May 18, 2017

The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) have blown their annual budgets in 15 of the past 15 years by a collective $6.6 billion, amassing debt to continually increase spending on operations while district student enrollment has steadily fallen.

Property taxes on Chicago's North Side, once lowest, aiming higher

By LocalLabs News Service | May 11, 2017

In 2014, Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza and her husband paid $471,000 for their newly-renovated 3,500 square-foot three bedroom in Portage Park, on Chicago’s far northwest side.

Study: Seven in ten City of Chicago employees earn $100K+

By LocalLabs News Service | May 10, 2017

Some 70 percent of City of Chicago employees earn more than six figures, according to an analysis of Illinois municipal compensation by Local Government Information Services (LGIS).

Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago Board met April 25.

By LocalLabs News Service | May 9, 2017

Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Chicago Board met Tuesday, April 25.

On the West Side, inflated county assessments tax away home equity

By LocalLabs News Service | May 4, 2017

In sixteen square blocks of Chicago’s West Side Austin neighborhood, between Cicero Ave. on the east and Laramie Ave. on the west, Chicago Ave. on the north and the Green Line El tracks on the south, there have been exactly seven home sales in the past six months.

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