Kane County Reporter

Three of Chicago suburbs’ top 200 highest-paying commercial property taxpayers located in Kane County, paid $4.8M last year

By Kyle Wahe | Aug 16, 2017

Three of suburban Chicago’s 200 highest tax-paying commercial properties are in Kane County, according to a Local Government Information Services (LGIS) analysis of property tax data from the Cook County Treasurer. Collectively, these 5 properties contributed $4.80 million to Kane County’s public funds, which go towards municipal salaries and local school districts.

[CORRECTION] Analysis: Kane County fire, police pension funds paid out $53 million, made $2 million on investments in 2016

By Kyle Wahe | Jun 27, 2017

Thirty-four of the 35 Kane County police and fire pension funds paid out a total of $53,761,339 in benefits to 966 retirees and inactive recipients in 2016 while gaining $2,148,587 on their investments, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of the funds' mandated financial filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance.