Great cartoon from the SJR.

by Kate Piercy Yesterday Mayor Daley announced updates and “improvements” to the City of Chicago’s website, saying these changes would make his administration more transparent. The site includes more data about Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, vendors, contracts, and city employees. The site is getting mixed reviews from some media and members of the public, reacting...

HB5154 would threaten transparency in Illinois government by prohibiting the release of any public employee's performance evaluation.

In 2008, the Illinois Community College Board employed 53 employees with combined wages of almost 2.5 Million Dollars.

In 2007, East Dundee Budget was $3,961,411. In 2009, the Village

An audit of the Schaumburg Township area in Northwestern Cook County revealed only 4 of 17 local government agencies graded received a passing grade on basic online transparency guidelines.

Various state agencies spent a total of more than $600,000 on employee tuition and fees in fiscal year 2009.

SouthTownStar looks into school district spending amid growing talks of layoffs.

The Illinois Department of Transportation spent over $10 million for land, appraisal, engineering & testing fees for highways and aeronautics in 2009.

The Department of Transportation spent more than $1.4 million on the acquisition and/or construction of ''structures''.