Jake Griffin
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$300 million quickly for community colleges from state capital program: Is it for the right projects?Jul 20, 2019 1:00 am - Billions of dollars are earmarked for dozens of community college campus projects in Illinois' capital improvement budget despite a more than 21% statewide drop in enrol...
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26,500 Cook County seniors didn't reapply for property tax discountsJul 15, 2019 1:00 am - Cook County seniors who didn't reapply for annual property tax exemptions and discounts potentially are paying an estimated $45 million more than they should. That's acc...
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Why you might pay more to buy a car in Illinois: a trade-in tax credit capJul 13, 2019 1:00 am - Car buyers are on the hook for an estimated $40 million extra in sales taxes thanks to an Illinois law starting next year that will cap trade-in tax credits for most mot...
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10 years of retirement, $1.2M in pension income. That's what average judge in Illinois receives.Jul 06, 2019 1:00 am - The average retired Illinois judge left the bench a little more than 10 years ago and has received more than $1.2 million in pension payments during that time. Meanwhile...
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Miscalculation leads to increased tax bills in Wheeling TownshipJul 05, 2019 1:00 am - A "miscalculation" of the senior freeze property tax discount by the Cook County assessor's "mainframe" computer artificially inflated thousands of tax bills for low-inc...
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Why 7,600 property owners in suburban Cook County are getting tax refundsJul 01, 2019 1:00 am - More than 7,600 suburban Cook County property owners are in line for property tax refunds. County Treasurer Maria Pappas said the refunds started showing up in property ...
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Illinois six-figure pensions grow 74% since 2015Jun 29, 2019 1:00 am - Four years ago, 12,524 retirees were receiving more than $100,000 each in annual public pension benefits from six Illinois retirement plans. Now, that number is 21,794, ...
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Supreme Court refuses to intervene in gerrymandering cases: What Illinois lawmakers want to doJun 27, 2019 1:00 am - Saying it's none of its business, a 5-4 majority of the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that partisan gerrymandering of congressional and state legislative districts w...
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How many collecting Illinois pensions have moved to other states, and how much did they take with them?Jun 20, 2019 5:00 am - More than 71,000 people collecting public pensions from six statewide retirement plans have moved out of Illinois, taking more than $2.4 billion annually with them. That...
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Property taxes stable for Northwest suburban Cook County homeownersJun 20, 2019 1:00 am - Homeowners in the North and Northwest suburbs of Cook County can expect to see little, if any, increase to their tax bills this year. County Clerk Karen Yarbrough's annu...