Kankakee Times

Analysis: Income tax hike will cost Iroquois County residents $6.9M more this year

By Kyle Wahe | Jul 28, 2017

Iroquois County residents will pay an additional $6,985,482 in state income taxes this year, according to an analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS).

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.