Move is on to halt inflated local pensions
State Sen. Terry Link compares it to winning the lottery. Local government executives get fat bonuses and retire. Their pensions also are inflated by the bonus amounts, and so their...
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Retirement perks cost towns millions
Lax pension rules are costing suburban taxpayers millions of dollars by allowing job perks and hefty pay hikes to inflate retirement checks for local leaders, the Tribune has found. In...
Park district pension ploy pays off handsomely
As the economy was taking a historic nosedive, parks officials in Highland Park were paying three of their executives far more — $435,203 in one case — than anyone in...
Impound or shakedown?
Jean Wells' boyfriend was caught driving her car without a license. But after police impounded the car, she was the one who had to pay $550 to get it back....
A $472,255 public servant
For running a blue-collar western suburb, taxpayers paid Roy McCampbell $472,255 last year -- the highest total compensation of any suburban municipal executive -- and village officials now say they're...