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Former Harvey mayor accused of bribery from strip club in prostitution operation

By Patrick Andriesen
12/22/2023
The former mayor of Harvey, Illinois, has been accused of allowing a local strip club to covertly provide illegal prostitution services in return for monthly bribes to the city leader and family members.

TAGS: harvey

Spending cap can stop Illinois from outspending Harvey incomes

By Bryce Hill
03/01/2021
Illinois spent 57% faster than Harvey incomes grew during the past decade. A bipartisan ‘spending cap’ bill would allow predictable, sustainable growth in state spending without tax hikes.

TAGS: harvey, spending cap

Property tax rates nearly double since 2007 as residents leave Harvey, Illinois

By Vincent Caruso
02/11/2019
Declining home values and a shrinking tax base have created a bigger property tax burden for Harvey, Illinois, homeowners. For their higher taxes, residents get corruption, debt and fewer services.

TAGS: harvey, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, taxes

Term limits popular with local voters, but Illinois state lawmakers try to blunt reforms

By Vincent Caruso
01/02/2019
Since 2014 alone, voters in 11 suburban Cook County communities approved term limits on elected leaders. A bill in the Illinois General Assembly seeks to curb those reforms.

TAGS: Chris Welch, harvey, Sam McCann, term limits

Crowding out: Chicago pension fund demands intercept of state grant money

By Adam Schuster
09/18/2018
The Chicago firefighters pension fund has filed claims with the Illinois comptroller for $3.3 million in shorted pension contributions, an action that could worsen city finances and service delivery.

TAGS: 401(k), Chicago, harvey, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions

Moody’s: Illinois pension debt-to-revenue ratio hits all-time high for any state

By Adam Schuster
08/31/2018
According to a new report by Moody’s Investors Service, Illinois’ unfunded pension liabilities equaled 601 percent of state revenues in 2017, a U.S. record.

TAGS: bonds, credit rating, debt, employment, harvey, Moody's Investor Service, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, Peoria, taxes

Illinois’ Gordian knot: Pensions, insolvency and the ‘b word’

By Austin Berg
08/30/2018
If lawmakers continue to balk at building the tools necessary to reform pensions, bankruptcy will be the only way out for communities across the state.

TAGS: bankruptcy, harvey, municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, Peoria

Settlement agreement in Harvey foreshadows pension crisis in Illinois

By Adam Schuster, Joe Tabor
07/30/2018
An agreement to end a dispute between the city of Harvey and two public safety pension funds provides a glimpse at the impending fiscal crises stemming from government pensions across the state.

TAGS: harvey, municipal pensions, pensions, property taxes, taxes

Harvey revenue agreement highlights need for pension reform – or municipal bankruptcy

By Joe Tabor
06/08/2018
Illinois’ pension laws are forcing the city of Harvey to pay its creditors through short-term negotiated agreements just to meet payroll.

TAGS: bankruptcy, corruption, harvey, municipal pensions, pensions

Rhode Island city offers dire warning to Illinois municipalities struggling with pension debt

By Joe Tabor
06/06/2018
Central Falls, Rhode Island, filed for bankruptcy largely because of pension debt. If Illinois municipalities can’t meet or lower their pension obligations, they too could face fiscal collapse.

TAGS: bankruptcy, harvey, municipal pensions, pensions, spending

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Beyond degrees: Empowering Illinoisans through career-first education


Published June 3, 2025 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The best path to empowerment and success, especially for poor people, is work. Work allows us to prosper while providing dignity, upward mobility, the means to support ourselves and create value for others. It’s how we become thriving members of our community. Central to this process is our education...

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