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Chicago Tribune: Amazon has 6,000 job openings in the Chicago area, but its job fair failed to draw large crowds
Amazon is hiring more than 6,000 seasonal, part- and full-time employees at its fulfillment centers and delivery facilities in the Chicago area, but a north suburban job fair it conducted Tuesday failed to draw large crowds.
Several of the applicants that trickled into the hiring event seemed underwhelmed by the opportunities available.
Chicago Tribune: UIC to offer free tuition to state's top students
A new scholarship program made possible by state funding will provide free tuition to University of Illinois at Chicago for high-achieving local students.
UIC’s Chancellor’s Fellows program, in place for fall 2019 incoming students, is part of a statewide effort to reduce the number of Illinois students leaving the state for college.
WBEZ: Illinois Tops Nation In Rate Of Community College Students Earning Bachelor’s Degrees
Illinois now leads the country in the rate of community college students who transfer to a four-year school and earn a bachelor’s degree in six years or less, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse, which tracks where students attend college nationally.
Daily Herald: 114-mile round trip, $125 hotel bill. District 50 school board's travel tab tops $34,000 since 2017.
A 114-mile round trip drive from her Gurnee home to a workshop in Naperville June 9 was too much for a longtime Woodland Elementary District 50 school board member.
So she checked into the Hyatt Regency in Lisle the night before and had taxpayers cover the $125 bill.
Northwest Herald: Federal judge rejects McHenry Township lawsuit on road district referendum
A federal judge has rejected a lawsuit trying to derail a referendum on the November ballot that gives voters the power to abolish the McHenry Township Road District.
U.S. District Court Judge Frederick Kapala released a written order Friday denying a request for a temporary restraining order to stop McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan from including the referendum on the ballot.
Northwest Herald: Algonquin Township board to receive update on lawsuits
Algonquin Township attorney James Kelly is expected to update officials Wednesday on a series of lawsuits involving elected leaders.
The agenda for the board’s monthly meeting includes an item listed as an “update on lawsuits that affect the Algonquin Township and the Algonquin Township road district.”
Northwest Herald: Woodstock School District 200 accepts donation of vacant lot, talks TIF plans
On Tuesday, the board also continued its discussion on the city’s proposed tax increment financing district. Board officials are expected to take a formal stance on the matter at their next meeting, and they also will be able to provide comment at an upcoming Joint Review Board meeting.
The District 200 board has expressed concerns that the TIF plan will draw housing developments and more students to the district without an increase in tax dollars.
Northwest Herald: Crystal Lake-based School District 155 mulls sale of administration building
The Community High School District 155 Operations Committee discussed the possibility of selling the district’s administration building during a meeting Tuesday.
The building, 1 S. Virginia Road, is in need of major repairs and improvements.
Daily Herald: Lauzen drops call to pursue reimbursement for Van Dyke prosecution
Citing a lack of “fortitude” by the Kane County Board, Chairman Chris Lauzen on Tuesday dropped his pursuit of an invoice of the costs to prosecute Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke.
Lauzen spent the past couple of months hounding Kane County State’s Attorney Joe McMahon for an accounting of the staff hours spent on the case. Kane County’s involvement dates back to McMahon’s acceptance of the special prosecutor appointment in August 2016. Lauzen’s own estimate totals at least $1.6 million in personnel salary costs during that time.
Rockford Register-Star: Rockford aldermen hear sobering budget report
The city should consider shrinking its police and fire departments, closing a fire station and selling its water system to avoid running out of money in five years.
And that’s just part of the bitter pill that consultants are prescribing for Rockford, which is nearing the edge of a fiscal cliff as its employee salary and pension expenses are outpacing its revenue.
Peoria Journal-Star: Washington high school board approves property tax break if sales tax passes
Property owners in the Washington Community High School District would get a break on their property taxes if voters approve a 1 percent Tazewell County school facilities tax Nov. 6.
School Board members Tuesday approved a new district policy that requires the board to use no less than 50 percent of the revenue the district would receive from the school facilities sales tax to pay off construction bonds, saving taxpayers money.
Decatur Herald & Review: Macon County goes forward with tentative $75 million spending plan
Macon County has managed to avoid layoffs for another year as leaders unveiled Tuesday a $75.3 million budget for the coming fiscal year.
With stagnant sales tax and income tax revenue coming in, county officials asked department heads to hold expenses flat for the fiscal year that begins Dec. 1.