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Appropriations bill uses statewide money for Kane County projects

By LGIS Newsfeed | Jun 28, 2017

The Illinois General Assembly is looking to pass a bill that earmarks $166.5 million for various projects in lawmakers home districts across the state.

Oswego's Stephanie Kifowit votes to bail out Chicago Public Schools

By LGIS Newsfeed | Jun 2, 2017

State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D-Oswego) voted Wednesday night to bail out Chicago Public Schools (CPS), shifting state school funding from suburban districts.

Kane County taxpayers would pay an extra $223M if Democrats’ tax hike becomes law

By LGIS Newsfeed | May 30, 2017

Kane County taxpayers would see a total of $223 million in state income tax increases if a tax hike measure passed by the Democrat-controlled Illinois State Senate becomes law.

Holmes, Castro, McGuire vote to raise Illinois income tax

By LGIS Newsfeed | May 23, 2017

Without the help of Republicans, Senate Democrats voted Tuesday to fix the budget by raising the Illinois income tax and expanding the sales tax.

Five Kane County school districts lose, four win in state Senate funding revamp

By LGIS Newsfeed | May 19, 2017

Kane County schools would be net winners of state funding under a bill that passed the Illinois State Senate Wednesday.

Illinois voter data analysis finds voters registered two, three, even four times

By LGIS Newsfeed | Feb 8, 2017

A recent analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS), which owns this publication, found almost 50,000 duplicate voter registration records, representing Illinois residents who are registered multiple times.