Seven South Central Illinois communities will receive $500,000 grants from the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (DCEO) for sewer and water projects, the DCEO said Thursday.
College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Parkland College in Champaign and Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville reported the largest share of borrowers at public higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.
Robert Morris University baseball tops the list of highest grossing programs in Illinois, reporting more than $1.3 million – or $10,678 per athlete – in 2016, followed by Bradley University ($1.2 million), and University of Illinois at Chicago ($980,248), according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.
At Larry's Barber College in Chicago, 40.3 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
Devry University in Chicago, American Intercontinental University in Schaumburg, and College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn reported the largest share of borrowers of all higher education institutions who defaulted on school loans they started repaying in 2014, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.
Of the 651 fire and police pension funds in Illinois, more than 400 were underfunded by cities in 2016, including 12 funds serving cities in South Central Illinois.
Champaign City, Niles and Macomb City employ the fewest government workers per capita among townships in Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.
Erika Harold and Gary Grasso each raised just $2 per vote cast for them in the attorney general primary race, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.
Gov. Bruce Rauner raised $215 per vote cast for him in the gubernatorial primary race last week compared to Rep. Jeanne Ives' $12 for vote, according to the Illinois Campaign for Political Reform.
Central CHSD 71 in Breese receives $583 per student from the state to fund pensions for public school teachers and administrators – the most in South Central Illinois, according to a Wirepoints analysis of Teacher Retirement System data.
Earlville CUSD 9 in LaSalle County receives just $230 per student from the state to fund pensions for teachers and administrators, the lowest of all other districts, according to a Wirepoints analysis of Teacher Retirement System data.
Rondout SD 72 in Lake County receives $1,579 per student from the state to fund pensions for teachers and administrators, leading all other districts, according to a Wirepoints analysis of Teacher Retirement System data.
In the last election, 55 assessors in 36 counties, including one in McDonough County, were illegally placed on the ballot and elected, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs.
With an annual budget of $38,857,931 and 550 graduates in 2016, Kaskaskia College in Centralia spent $70,683 per graduate in 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of data tracking the performance and spending at 48 Illinois community colleges.
With 11 yes votes, a bill banning youth younger than 12 years old from playing on organized tackle football teams passed the House Mental Health Committee on Thursday.
Approximately 1.9 million Illinoisans – or about 15 percent of the state’s population – were on food stamp rolls in January 2017, according to a Prairie State Wire analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.