Jake Griffin
-
Is your town hiring? Suburbs add jobs after long declineJan 13, 2016 4:30 am - After years of decline following the Great Recession, local government staffing is starting to rise again. According to a Daily Herald analysis of 61 suburbs, 31 of them...
-
Are you playing? These are the most common Powerball numbersJan 08, 2016 12:00 am - Over the course of Powerball's 24-year history, no numbered red ball has popped out of the lottery's drawing machine more frequently than the one with the number “20” st...
-
Bill would limit government travel expensesJan 08, 2016 12:00 am - Calling it one way to rein in property taxes, Barrington Hills Republican state Rep. David McSweeney has introduced a bill that would limit travel expenses for local gov...
-
Why some retired teachers get two pensionsDec 30, 2015 4:00 am - Each month, more than 700 retired suburban educators receive two pension checks for their years of work in the same school district. Because of a quirk in the state's pe...
-
Owners plan to reopen collapsed Aurora-area sports domeDec 30, 2015 12:00 am - Owners of an Aurora-area sports dome that collapsed during Monday's sleet storm plan to rebuild and reopen. "Past history dictates that it takes months, and especially i...
-
Lake County jail hosts annual holiday partyDec 19, 2015 12:00 am - Hundreds of pounds of frozen turkeys, hams and other food as well as scores of toys were distributed to families Saturday morning in the lobby of the intake area of the ...
-
How teachers get paid more in retirementDec 09, 2015 4:00 am - Pensions outpace teachers' old salaries
-
State investigating autistic teen's disappearanceDec 03, 2015 12:00 am - Boy with autism 'bolted' from classroom at Little City, was missing overnight
-
40% of ex-judges' pensions higher than old salariesDec 02, 2015 4:28 am - Thousands of former Illinois public employees get more each year in retirement benefits than they were paid when they were actually working, and nowhere is that more pro...
-
How to shop for suburban charities to donate money toNov 25, 2015 10:00 pm - Donating in someone's name an increasingly popular gift