Twenty-four barbers and three beauticians received a total of $1.76 million in wages in 2008 from various departments, including the Department of Corrections.
How one village is taking a business approach to local government. Read the report from Kate Piercy.
A short hand court reporter for the state of Illinois made over $120,000 in wages during 2008.
Various state agencies spent a total of more than $600,000 on employee tuition and fees in fiscal year 2009.
The 26 employees of the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board made over $1.5 million in wages during fiscal year 2008.
SouthTownStar looks into school district spending amid growing talks of layoffs.
New transparency tool from the Department of Commerce.
In 2008 toll collectors statewide were paid over $26 million dollars in wages.
The State paid over $2 Million in retirement payments to individuals in an agency titled ""Room 465.""
The Illinois Department of Transportation spent over $10 million for land, appraisal, engineering & testing fees for highways and aeronautics in 2009.
In 2008 the Illinois Historic Preservation paid its 389 employees $14 million to help
by Kate Piercy Congressman Steve Israel (NY-02) has introduced transparency legislation called the Public Online Information Act (POIA) which, according to the Sunlight Foundation, “embraces a new formula for transparency: public equals online. No longer will antiquated government disclosure practices bury public information in out-of-the-way offices and in outmoded formats.” The legislation requires Executive Branch agencies to publish...
In 2008, taxpayers paid $1,328,203 in wages to the Legislative Printing Unit, an agency which provides printing services to the Illinois Legislature.
The Department of Transportation spent more than $1.4 million on the acquisition and/or construction of ''structures''.