9 Schaumburg Park District employees take home more than $100K per year

By Brendan Bakala

03/29/2018

Park district documents reveal multiple employees making six-figure salaries.

Broken pension system puts Schaumburg taxpayers on the hook for bad investments

By Austin Berg

02/10/2018

The defined-benefit pension system threatens the retirement security of government workers, as well as the pocketbooks of overburdened taxpayers.

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Taxing bodies powerless to stop Schaumburg TIF, property tax increases

By Brian Costin

10/31/2013

Village officials in Schaumburg are pushing for $512 million in new property taxes via a Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, district. The taxes would be used to create an entertainment district north of Woodfield Mall. But it’s not just people who pay property taxes in Schaumburg who would foot the bill. TIF districts cause property...

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Tax hike to balance budget shortfall could cost Illinois’ economy 9,000 jobs

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Jason Spyres

Policy lessons from Illinois’ exodus of people and money

CBS Chicago: Illinois’ highest-paid superintendent receives $400K per year to oversee 1,200 students