The Carpentersville Firefighters Pension Fund had 35 active participants receiving an average salary of $88,187 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Spending per pupil at Geneva Community Unit School District 304 is up 14 percent from five years ago, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of district finances.

Three offenders released on parole in December live in Illinois zip code 60140, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Kane County Reporter.

Taxpayers contributed 79.7 percent of the $189,533 the Elburn Police Pension Fund brought in last year, or $3.92 for every $1 from pension members.

After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Campton Hills Police Pension Fund netted 0.93 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Columbus College Chicago, DePaul University and Roosevelt University, all based in Chicago, reported the largest share of borrowers at private higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.

If Gov. Bruce Rauner signs off on HB4870, medical marijuana can be administered on school grounds.

A home buyer who paid $480,000 to purchase a home on Oct. 26 paid the top home sale price for McQueen in 2017.

A home buyer who paid $335,000 to purchase a home in Hidden Hill on Aug. 16 paid the top home sale price for Hidden Hill in 2017.

A home buyer who paid $489,000 to purchase a home in Ferson Creek Woods on Sept. 13 paid the top home sale price for Ferson Creek Woods in 2017.

The Graduate Employee Organization (GEO), a union of graduate students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), has inadvertently drawn military veterans into a battle over controversial legislation in the state House that would unionize research assistants who help teach courses under the GEO’s umbrella.

The Campton Hills Police Pension Fund had 6 active participants receiving an average salary of $69,505 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Taxpayers contributed 87 percent of the $257,058 the East Dundee/Countryside Fpd Firefighters Pension F brought in last year, or $6.67 for every $1 from pension members.

Spending per pupil at St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 is up 10 percent from five years ago, according to a Kane County Reporter analysis of district finances.

Three offenders released on parole in December live in Illinois zip code 60124, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by Kane County Reporter.

After projecting its investments would grow by 5.00 percent, the Burlington Community FPD Firefighters' Pension Fund netted 0.70 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Public school administrators in Geneva Community Unit School District 304, St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 and Batavia Unified School District 101 earn the highest average salary in Kane County, according to the latest Illinois schools report card.

Illinois Municipal League Executive Director Brad Cole had no problem telling senators he was not pleased with a proposal to continue cuts to local governments.

The Burlington Community FPD Firefighters' Pension Fund had 2 active participants receiving an average salary of $49,440 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

Dan Ugaste wonders how long Illinois can survive without incorporating the kind of changes he thinks the state is in desperate need of.