Local realtors are having a difficult time convincing clients not only to move to the county, but to stay.

The Mount Prospect village manager is set to receive a $214,000 salary in 2018, joining a long list of other Illinois municipal officials collecting similar and even larger paychecks.

Senate Bill 3 marks an important step in the right direction for local government consolidation, but there’s more to be done.

High-priced government workers cost taxpayers in Illinois $10 billion a year, with municipal managers in areas surrounding Chicago reaping the most benefits.

Glassdoor agreed to three sets of hiring dates in 2016, 2017 and 2018 in which the job-finding website would hire 240 new employees.

Residents of Chicago’s collar counties pay the highest property taxes in the state – and some of the highest in the country.

Despite Illinois’ severe financial problems, less than 3 percent of bills passed by the 99th General Assembly and enacted into law have fiscal notes.