Government pension funds in Lakemoor, Chicago and Lake Villa depended least on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.
An Illinoisan attending the University of Illinois will spend nearly $8,000 more per year than a Missourian at Missouri State University-Springfield, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of 116 four-year public universities in 10 Midwestern states based on enrollment.
About 26 percent of Sugar Creek Elementary School students passed annual English language arts assessments in 2017 and nearly three quarters of students failed.
A government pension fund in Bloomington depended most on taxpayer contributions to make ends meet in 2016, according to the Illinois Department of Insurance.