County Clerk John Cunningham talked about cutting down his management staff by 25 percent,
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
How the fight over tax breaks affects your bottom line
Take a look at the interact chart to see how the Democratic versus Republican tax cut proposal will affect your taxes.
Click on the following for the chart. How the fight over tax breaks affects your bottom line | The Washington Post
Foreclosure numbers stun Kane County committee
3,880.
That is the number of home foreclosures filed so far this year in the county.
Scholes told the panel that last year, the recorder's office had registered 2,976 foreclosures from Jan. 1 through Aug. 15. In the same time frame this year, he said, it has recorded 3,880 foreclosures.
Foreclosure numbers stun Kane committee :: The Courier News :: Local News
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Huntley Holds Local Lead In Slack New Home Permits
The graph below shows just how hot the new home construct was for Huntley and how cold it is for the area today. Huntley’s 1990 population was 2,453 and the 2000 number was 5,730. A Special Census in 2008 revealed the population to be 23,229.
Huntley remains one of the few bright spots in Northern Illinois. "Through July we've issued permits for 60 new homes," Huntley Village Manager Dave Johnson told FEN Friday.
"We issued 12 permits in July," said Johnson. "We're in the top three in the Chicago area." Elgin leads the pack so far this year with 95 starts followed by Shorewood with 76, according to Johnson's figures.
Everything is relative, of course. While Huntley housing bodes to beat last year's depressed figure of only 75 permits all year
Click on the following for the rest of the story: FirstElectricNewspaper: Huntley Holds Local Lead In Slack New Home Permits
Waterkeeper News: Triumph hog plant rears its head again in East Moline
A large hog slaughter operation proposed for the Quad Cities may cause pollution not only on the river but start mega-hog confinement operations across the region.
Click on the following for the story: Waterkeeper News: Triumph hog plant rears its head again in East Moline | The Rock River Times
Monday, August 16, 2010
If Private Sector Is Hiring, Why Is Jobs Market So Bad? -
as fast as the private sector is creating jobs, the government is shedding them. And the cuts are far from over.
Despite all the gloom and doom about the US economy, the private sector actually created 620,000 jobs over the past seven months, far faster than in the previous two recessions.
Between 2009-2011, these governments are expected to slash 8.6 percent of their workers, according to a July outlook by three government associations.
"It's very likely they're going to continue to shed jobs well in 2011
Click on the following for more details: If Private Sector Is Hiring, Why Is Jobs Market So Bad? - Yahoo! Finance
McLean County board to consider wind farm plan
BLOOMINGTON -- Officials in McLean County are considering a plan that could bring a more than 200-turbine wind farm to central Illinois
Click on the following for more details: McLean County board to consider wind farm plan - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register
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