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“Who’s Posting?” list updated
We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures In Illinois?” to include Spoon River Valley Community Unit School District #4. We have also included links to the relevant pages on all entities that are already online. Those entities that have voted but …
Nepotism alert in Champaign County
Perhaps if Champaign County were transparent… this could have been stopped before it started.
Basically…
ChampaignCounty Auditor Tony Fabri said he’s blocking payment to B & R Contracting of Villa Grove for some work on the remodeling project.
Fabri …
“Who’s Posting?” list updated
We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures In Illinois?” to include Coal City Community Unit School D1. We have also included links to the relevant pages on all entities that are already online. Those entities that have voted but are not …
“Who’s Posting?” list updated
We’ve updated our “Who’s Posting Expenditures In Illinois?” to include Oswego Community Unit School D308 and Proviso Township High School D209. Check out the full list here.…
Top salary for a Naperville public servant? $233,775.
Tim Waldorf of the Naperville Sun is shedding some light on the salaries of top paid public employees in Naperville. Also of interest is the comparison of the top paid employees of Dupage County and Will County.
Who ranks at …
Socialism…in America?
John Biver of championnews.net has a great article this week on how increasing funding for public education does not result in higher student achievement.
He quotes Peter Brimelow, author of The Worm in the Apple, in a statement which …
Raising questions along with pay
With 37,000 members throughout Illinois, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) is the largest labor union in the state. AHN writer Jupiter Kalambakal reported that AFSCME ratified a contract Friday with the state of Illinois that …
Open up U of I… your student leaders already have
As classes gear up at the University of Illinois, student body president Jaclyn O’Day is getting serious about transparency in the Student Senate.
“I want to be held accountable to the student body and the senate,” O’Day said.
The first …
When money just disappears
Champaign County has a problem. Its nursing home can’t seem to manage its money.
[University of Illinois accounting professor] Rachel Schwartz, who has offered her services to the county unpaid, told the Champaign County Board that there …
