School Districts: A Friendly Reminder
A friendly reminder to all school districts in Illinois:
HB2235 passed in August last year, giving all school districts in Illinois until July 1, 2010 to “report the base salary and benefits of the school superintendent, all administrators and …
Almost Eleven Million Dollars Paid to Employees of the Teachers’ Retirement System
In 2008, the Teachers’ Retirement System employed 188 individuals who were paid $10,819,678.8 in combined wages. In contrast, the State Employees’ Retirement System employed 165 people who were paid a combined $6,113,591.48 to administer retirement benefits. Fourteen employees of the …
Chicago Transparency
Yesterday Mayor Daley announced updates and “improvements” to the City of Chicago’s website, saying these changes would make his administration more transparent. The site includes more data about Freedom of Information (FOIA) requests, vendors, contracts, and city employees.
The site …
Cook County Coffee Czar?
The media has been uncovering some interesting spending from Cook County’s newly launched check registry, such as this find from The Prairie Stater, which discovered $76,291 in checks paid to Elgin-based ACE Coffee Holdings, Inc. since December 2009.…
Raises in Chicago Public Schools or Not?
Check out this revealing (and entertaining) story by Chicago Reader’s Ben Joravsky about the maze of Chicago Public Schools spending and the difficulties in figuring out exactly where all the tax dollars are going and why.
Joravsky’s piece, “A …
Cook County Check Register Live
Want to find out how Cook County is spending your tax dollars?
Check out its check register here and see where your tax dollars are going.
ABC 7′s I-Team found some interesting expenses of note, such as $6,243.75 to CROE …
Transparency Reveals 177% East Dundee Budget Growth in 2 Years
In 2007, East Dundee Budget was $3,961,411. In 2009, the Village’s Budget was $6,999,028 for an increase of 177% in just 2 years!
13 NW Cook Agencies Don’t Meet Transparency Standards, District 54 Gets “A”
An audit of the Schaumburg Township area in Northwestern Cook County revealed only 4 of 17 local government agencies graded received a passing grade on basic online transparency guidelines.
Health Care Bill: Obama’s Lack of Transparency
Although promising the public would have five days to look at every bill online before signing it into law, Obama has signed the health care bill just 36 hours after it passed the House.
Transparency and Teacher Layoffs
The SouthtownStar has been looking into south suburb school district spending over the last week amid growing talks of teacher layoffs and cutting school programs. The paper sent FOIA requests to 18 towns and 25 school districts asking for information …
