The bad news: Job growth in Illinois is too slow, and prison inmates probably watch better TV than you. The good news: Your lawmaker is one of the highest paid in the nation.
Feeling all warm and full of good cheer? Bah! Here's a little something to satisfy the Scrooge in you before the spirit of Christmas takes hold. We Need More Jobs: At 8.7 percent, the Illinois unemployment rate is 1 percent above the national rate. And job creation is improving at a faster clip all around us, in Wisconsin, Indiana, Kentucky, Iowa and Missouri, on average, according to Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner at the Illinois Policy Institute. "The reality is Illinois’ poor policies aren't allowing the state to participate fully in the national recovery. If only Illinois’ unemployment rate were equal to the average of its neighbors, 100,000 more Illinoisans would be working. Yes, jobs are slowly returning to the state, but that’s …
In the next month the Village of Glen Ellyn plans to add information on salaries and payments to its website in the hopes of raising its rating with the Illinois Policy Institute.
The Village of Glen Ellyn responded Tuesday to a recent audit, which gave the village a failing grade for online transparency. Last week, the Illinois Policy Institute released the results of its audit, which among a number of criteria, looked at how much information was readily available on municipal entities websites. The village was one of the communities given a failing grade. Glenbard District 87 was another local entity to receive a failing grade. Dubbed “The Local Transparency Project,” the grades were based on the availability to the public of vital community information such as public meeting schedules, government employee salaries and tax rates. Since the institute launched the project in February 2010, more than 160 government …
The Illinois Policy Institute released results of its online audit of local governments entities.
The Village of Glen Ellyn and Glenbard Township High School District 87 received failing grades in an online transparency audit the Illinois Policy Institute conducted. The audit results were released Wednesday. While the village and school district each received an F on the audit, officials for both entities said they are working to increase the amount of information available online. The Village of Glen Ellyn was already in the process of a website redesign, which it expects to be completed in 2013 and the school district has plans to add information to be in compliance with the audit’s recommendations. In an effort to fight corruption and encourage public participation in government, the Illinois Policy Institute grades governments on…
Dennis Robaugh
12:27 pm on Thursday, January 3, 2013
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