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From Prairie State Wire
State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs
Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.
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TIF districts sending more money to affluent areas than poor
Notwithstanding substantial fiscal deficits in Cook County and Chicago, significant year-over-year gains netted by tax increment financing (TIF) districts will not alleviate local shortages of hundreds of millions of dollars, according to Illinois Policy.
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Former Chicago Aldermen receiving six-figure payouts
Fifteen former Chicago aldermen are receiving annual pensions exceeding six figures, according to a new report by the Illinois Policy Institute (IPI).