Rosemont to build taxpayer-funded baseball stadium

05/24/2017

The village of Rosemont is moving forward on a $60 million taxpayer-funded baseball stadium.

TAGS: budget, cronyism, Rosemont, TIF: Tax Increment Financing

Prestige Metals to move from Illinois to Wisconsin

By Brendan Bakala

03/28/2017

The small sheet metal fabricator will move from its current facility in Antioch, Ill., to an 8-acre location in Bristol, Wis.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, unemployment, workers compensation

Haribo to open gummy bear plant in Wisconsin

By Brendan Bakala

03/23/2017

While the gummy bear maker’s American headquarters is located in Rosemont, Haribo has opted to build right over the border in Kenosha County, Wisc.

TAGS: jobs, manufacturing, workers compensation

Illinois has some of the highest paid mayors in the world

03/22/2017

State and local tax hikes in Illinois have hurt economic growth, lowered the standard of living, and contributed to out-migration.

TAGS: Brad Stephens, LGDF: Local Government Distributive Fund, mayor, property taxes, Rosemont

Rosemont mayor to receive 53 percent pay hike — to $260,000 a year

08/13/2016

Trustees in Rosemont, Ill., voted to hike their mayor’s salary to $260,000 – a 53 percent raise.

TAGS: Brad Stephens, local government, Rosemont

Illinois taxpayers paying for billionaires’ stadiums

06/02/2016

Taxpayers will shell out $36 million for Soldier Field in 2016, in addition to footing the bill for U.S. Cellular Field. And the city of Chicago is still pushing a plan for DePaul University that would cost an initial $55 million for a new basketball stadium.

TAGS: cronyism, tax credits

Corruption Watch: April 2015

By Shawn Tonge

05/08/2015

April saw two major players in Illinois education ensnared in charges of cronyism, among more than 60 other corruption-related stories.

TAGS: good government

Rosemont raises the curtain on $1M deal with Garth Brooks

By Austin Berg

02/24/2015

How village officials used public money to pad the pockets of one of the most successful artists of all time, and tried to keep it a secret.

Corruption Watch: January 2015

By Shawn Tonge

02/11/2015

The start of a new year always comes with resolutions for improvement, but only time will tell if they translate into effective action.

TAGS: good government

Illinois Corruption Watch: December 2014

By Brian Costin

01/16/2015

The residential-center horror stories demonstrate that corruption in government often hurts the most vulnerable among us. It also shows that exposing those injustices can lead to change.

TAGS: bribery, Chicago, good government

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Rosemont to build taxpayer-funded baseball stadium

Prestige Metals to move from Illinois to Wisconsin

Haribo to open gummy bear plant in Wisconsin

Illinois has some of the highest paid mayors in the world

Rosemont mayor to receive 53 percent pay hike — to $260,000 a year

Illinois taxpayers paying for billionaires’ stadiums

Corruption Watch: April 2015

Rosemont raises the curtain on $1M deal with Garth Brooks

Corruption Watch: January 2015

Illinois Corruption Watch: December 2014

Who Lives Below the Poverty Line in Illinois? Family Structure and Education Mark the Highest Risk

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