Towns borrow, you pay
Just above the cash register at Sam's Auto Service, the owner has taped up a photo of his elderly father, a snapshot of his granddaughter and his property tax bills....
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Other states tougher on town debt
Fearing local officials would borrow their way into bankruptcy, most states enacted safeguards aimed at making sure officials don't bite off more than their taxpayers can stomach. And Illinois would...
Towns borrow, you pay
Just above the cash register at Sam's Auto Service, the owner has taped up a photo of his elderly father, a snapshot of his granddaughter and his property tax bills....
Unemployment coming down slowly
When Michelle Wilkes decided to re-enter the workforce earlier this year, she knew the job market would be difficult. She threw herself into the networking process, expecting a challenging search....
Jobless rate rebounding in south suburbs
On a recent weekday, Bud Sheedy had to put in a call for more than a dozen extra Teamsters to drive loads of concrete from the Prairie Material's Manteno plant...
Unemployment coming down slowly
When Michelle Wilkes decided to re-enter the workforce earlier this year, she knew the job market would be difficult. She threw herself into the networking process, expecting a challenging search....
Ex-superintendent, board member charged with stealing from struggling school district
The 1,400 children attending West Harvey-Dixmoor Elementary District 147 have long faced a public school system that struggles to teach them and pay the bills. Now the superintendent who ran...
Corruption charges against 3 suburban officials
Cook County prosecutors laid out charges against three suburban public officials today in two separate cases, accusing them of fleecing taxpayers from Bellwood to Harvey and Dixmoor. The former superintendent...
Prosecutor: Trust betrayed in Bellwood
Cook County Associate Judge James B. Linn stared intently Tuesday as he listened to a prosecutor accuse a former suburban administrator of secretly inflating his pay to nearly $500,000. Then...
Indictment in Bellwood pay scandal
Two years ago, Roy McCampbell said in a Tribune investigative story that he earned every penny of his $472,000 salary by holding 10 different village positions. Today he faces indictment....