The Department of Employment Security has spent over $3,000 on membership fees for local chambers of commerce.

Which department was responsible for 99.5% of the spending on

The Department of Employment Security spent over $3,000 on employee appreciation.

In 2008 and 2009, Illinois State Government spent over $56 million dollars on purchasing, repairing, and renting vehicles.

by Amanda Griffin-Johnson Using our transparency website, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that by the time of our FOIA request in 2009, the Department of Transportation spent $1,656,543,925.65 on

The state spent $4,765 on Business cards in 2008 and 2009.

The Department of Commerce spent nearly $2 million on public relations in 2008 and 2009.

The State of Illinois spent more than $30 million on statistical and tabulation services in 2008 and 2009. Which departments spent the most? Find out here.

The Department of Employment Security reported their spending in a way that told us very little about what the money was actually going towards.

The Department of Employment Security spent over $3,000 on chair cushions over the last two years.