June, 2017 Stories | Dupage Policy Journal

Alan B. Shepard Elementary School post test results

By Local Labs News Service | Jun 29, 2017

Alan B. Shepard Elementary School's 2016 standardized test scores increased compared to scores from 2015, according to a report recently released by the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).

Appropriations bill uses statewide money for Kankakee County projects

By LGIS Newsfeed | Jun 28, 2017

The Illinois General Assembly is looking to pass a bill that earmarks $166.5 million for various projects in lawmakers home districts across the state.

Appeal to Kankakee County Board of Review may lead to lower property tax bill

By Russell Boniface | Jun 26, 2017

It’s not too early to prepare for next year’s property tax bill by considering steps to get it reduced.

Kankakee shelter celebrates first 2017 kitten adoption

By Carol Ostrow | Jun 26, 2017

Catalina the cat became 2017’s first kitten adoption for the Kankakee County Animal Control and Adoption Center (KCAC), a self-funded agency dedicated to saving and improving the lives of animals.

Parkhurst thanks 'brave, fearless' firefighters at state ceremony

By Caitlin Nordahl | Jun 26, 2017

Kankakee firefighters heard their praises sung along with those of their comrades throughout the state during a ceremony in Springfield.

Analysis: Kankakee County fire, police pension funds paid $7 million, lost $500K on investments in 2016

By Kyle Wahe | Jun 26, 2017

Kankakee County's eight police and fire pension funds paid out $7.1 million in benefits to 186 retirees and inactive recipients in 2016 while losing $512,687 on their investments, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of the funds' mandated financial filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance.

Rauner tells people: Power of change is in your hands alone

By Giovanni Whaley | Jun 23, 2017

Gov. Bruce Rauner told listeners of the "Chicago's Morning Answer" radio show that they'd better not rely on entrenched politicians to save them.

Illinois among states seen as on the precipice of a pension disaster

By Justin Stoltzfus | Jun 23, 2017

Officials in Springfield and around the country are talking about a “pension cliff” and trying to determine what will happen as large numbers of educators become fully vested in school district pension benefit systems.

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'Panicked' Democrats fear House downfall after approving school funding bill, radio host says

By Karen Kidd | Jun 23, 2017

Democratic state lawmakers showed their true colors in May when they demanded an investigation into an article about apparently doomed school funding reform legislation, a radio show co-host said recently.

Overtaxed Illinoisans also seeing nation's smallest growth in personal income

By Caitlin Nordahl | Jun 23, 2017

Illinois’ average personal income growth since the Great Recession is tied with Nevada for the worst in the country, according to data from the Pew Charitable Trusts recently published on the Illinois Policy Institute website.