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Vienna 'Republican' Petersen featured in Pritzker ad pitching tax hike amendment
Ty Petersen has voted Democrat in two of the past three primary elections, donated to Democrat Steve Webb’s 2018 State Senate challenge against Dale Fowler, and is currently on paid staff of arguably the pro-Democrat public employee union in Illinois.
East St. Louis pensioners paid $2.4 million into fund, have collected $36 million
City of East St. Louis taxpayers have paid out nearly $36 million in pension benefits to 53 retired firefighters who contributed a collective $2.38 million to the retirement fund.
Illinois powerful public school lobby kills measure to rein in borrowing
Illinois' powerful public school lobbying groups mobilized to beat back a measure that would have reined in massive school district borrowing, often concealed from taxpayers.
Illinois House approves spending of $635K on three "lactation and wellness" rooms at State Capitol
The Illinois House of Representatives voted 91-1 Friday to spend $635,570 to build three "lactation and wellness" rooms at the state capitol in Springfield.
Harvey fire pensioners paid $1.1M into fund, have collected $25M
City of Harvey taxpayers have paid out nearly $25 million in pension benefits to 42 retired firefighters who contributed a collective $1.14 million to the insolvent fund.