Where you can and can’t buy recreational marijuana in Illinois

11/15/2019

Many Illinois municipalities have voted to ban or restrict marijuana sales when it becomes legal for sale. Here’s a list of where pot will, won’t and might be legally bought.

TAGS: Arlington Heights, Bolingbrook, Buffalo Grove, cannabis, Carbondale, Carol Stream, Chicago, City of Springfield, collar counties, Collinsville, Danville, Decatur, Downers Grove, DuPage County, Edwardsville, Elmhurst, Grayslake, Highland Park, Joliet, Lake Forest, Lake Zurich, legalization, Libertyville, Lombard, marijuana, Mundelein, municipal government, Naperville, Northbrook, Oak Park, Plainfield, prohibition, Schaumburg, Urbana, Waukegan, Wheaton, Winnetka

Pensions consume nearly half of Schaumburg’s property tax levy

11/08/2018

Schaumburg’s village board may have an opportunity to cut its property tax levy, but the village faces a challenge controlling its pension costs.

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

Schaumburg village manager rakes in 318% more than area’s median households

10/12/2018

The highest-earning government employee in at least five municipalities far outpaces what typical local taxpayers in those areas bring in.

TAGS: budget, property taxes, Schaumburg, taxes, waste

Schaumburg Park District pensions costing taxpayers millions

By Vincent Caruso

09/04/2018

One former Schaumburg Park District employee alone has accumulated more than $1 million in pension benefits after retiring at age 55.

TAGS: 401(k), municipal pensions, pension guarantee, pensions, property taxes, Schaumburg, taxes

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.

TAGS: pensions, salaries, Schaumburg

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.

TAGS: 401(k), municipal pensions, pensions, Schaumburg

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...

TAGS: Schaumburg, TIF: Tax Increment Financing

Building not permitted: Building permits in Illinois are a barrier to housing affordability

Illinois is in the midst of a housing affordability crisis. Over a third of residents are considered “burdened” by housing costs, meaning they pay over 30% of their income on costs related to housing. That is a greater portion of residents burdened by housing than any other state in the Midwest. The state fell 113,000...

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Building not permitted: Building permits in Illinois are a barrier to housing affordability

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Process for unionizing non-state workers raises red flags

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