Spending cap can stop Illinois from outspending Elgin incomes

By Bryce Hill

03/01/2021

Illinois spent 57% faster than Elgin incomes grew during the past decade. A bipartisan ‘spending cap’ bill would allow predictable, sustainable growth in state spending without tax hikes.

TAGS: Elgin, spending cap

Illinois’ metro areas shed 3,600 jobs in March

By Bryce Hill

04/30/2018

Seven metro areas across the state lost jobs over the month.

TAGS: Bloomington, Champaign, Decatur, Elgin, IDES: Illinois Department of Employment Security, jobs, labor force participation rate, Peoria, Quad Cities, Rockford, Springfield, unemployment

Elgin residents facing multitude of tax and fee hikes

By Brendan Bakala

12/08/2017

A 2018 budget proposal for Elgin includes a new gas tax, an increase in water and sewer rates, and other tax hikes.

TAGS: Elgin, municipal government, municipal pensions, pensions, property taxes

Elgin taxpayers contribute almost 3 times more to pensions than city employees

By Benjamin VanMetre

07/17/2014

Local pension crises are severely affecting cities, towns and villages across Illinois. Even local governments that have a good track record with transparency and high credit scores are struggling to pay for pensions. Take the AAA-rated city of Elgin, for example. To get its pension system’s funding level up to par, the city would have...

TAGS: Elgin

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

Occupational licensing requirements present one of the steepest barriers to low-income Illinoisans starting careers in beauty services. Illinois requires anyone seeking to become a barber, cosmetologist, nail technician or hair braider to obtain a state license, essentially a permission slip to work. Unlike 45 other states, Illinois offers only one pathway to licensure for each...

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Spending cap can stop Illinois from outspending Elgin incomes

Illinois’ metro areas shed 3,600 jobs in March

Elgin residents facing multitude of tax and fee hikes

Elgin taxpayers contribute almost 3 times more to pensions than city employees

Pathway to a Profession: How Apprenticeships Could Reshape Illinois’ Beauty Service Industry

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