State agencies spent more than $4 million on building and ground maintenance, with the Department of Military Affairs spending the most.

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''.

In 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Transportation paid the Mississippi River Parkway Commission $30,800 in total.

Various state agencies spent over half a million dollars on registration fees and conference expenses in 2008 and 2009. The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and the Department of Transportation were among the agencies that spent the most.

State agencies spent more than $60K on educational and instructional materials and supplies in 2008 and 2009.

The Department of Transportation spent $4,258K on Legal and Attorney Fees in 2009

The state of Illinois spent over $15 million on gas, oil, and antifreeze in 2008 and 2009.

The State of Illinois spent over $60K on moving expenses in 2008 and 2009. Find out more here.

In January 1979, a severe winter storm blasted Chicago. The city government failed to clear the roads of snow, which virtually shut down the metropolis for a week. The snow closed O’Hare International Airport for a record 42 hours. Drifts, many of them 12 feet high, blocked more than 1,400 of the city’s streets. An...