by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Want to find out which Cook County Board member is representing you? If you live in the city of Chicago, you can find your Cook County Board member here (click on the “Public Officials” tab after entering your address). If you live in suburban Cook County, you can find your Cook County Board member here.

Welders working for the Illinois Toll Highway Authority received average annual wages 73% higher than the average for welders in Illinois.

In 2008, the 9 landscape architects on the state payroll received wages that were almost $20,000 higher than the average annual wages for all landscape architects in Illinois.

The Department of Employment Security spent over $46K on brochures for Tele-Serve, the telephone hot-line that assists individuals applying for unemployment benefits.