The welfare office in Kankakee saw food stamp costs drop by 7.18 percent from January 2015 to January 2017, according to a Kankakee Times analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices.
Government pension funds in Bradley, Bourbonnais and Manteno depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
Illinois residents pay up to 76 percent more to attend a Big Ten school and up to 49 percent more to attend a Mid-America Conference school than their counterparts in other states, according to a Higher Education Tribune’s analysis of in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.
Government pension funds in Kankakee, Bradley and Watseka depended most on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.