Daily Herald | Grayslake group look at challenging property tax process

Interesting article about Grayslake’s Citizens Action Project. 

But assessments are only half of the equation regarding property tax mills, Minsky said.

The other half is the tax levy, the amount of money each school district requests from property taxes.

When the assessed value of property goes down, the tax rate needs to go up to raise the same amount of money for the school district.

Minsky said their mission is to assure the way local entities arrive at their calculations is fair and open

Daily Herald | Grayslake group look at challenging property tax process

Patti denies taking charity's donor list :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich

Rick Roberts, director of strategy for the charity, told Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed that Patti Blagojevich upset donors because she was contacting people off the group's donor list to promote former Gov. Rod Blagojevich's new book.

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Daily Herald | Another Illinois Tollway official hits the road

 

The Illinois Tollway leadership exodus continues as the agency's technology chief becomes the seventh top administrator to leave within a year.

Ted Young, chief of information technology, resigned Wednesday from his $142,632 position at the Illinois State Toll Highway Authority.

Daily Herald | Another Illinois Tollway official hits the road

H1N1 shots to be free, but not available to all - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register

Those groups are pregnant women, people who live with or care for children younger than 6 months, health-care and emergency medical services workers, anyone aged 6 months through 24 years of age, and people 25 through 64 with chronic health conditions such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer.

But officials said people who aren’t among the priority groups to receive the vaccine will be turned away.

H1N1 shots to be free, but not available to all - Springfield, IL - The State Journal-Register

Redistricting committee ready to hear proposals - Peoria, IL - pjstar.com

 

Currently, if lawmakers can't agree on a new redistricting map, the job goes to a panel with equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans.

In a deadlock, Illinois is the only state that puts the names of one Republican and one Democrat in a hat and picks one. That party then wins control of the redistricting process and can draw boundaries to benefit their political party, and the result is noncompetitive districts.

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Northwest Herald | Health care marketplace thrives on secret prices

Increasingly, consumers have an incentive to shop around because of high deductibles that require them to open their own wallets before insurance kicks in. A growing number of employers are shifting more costs to workers through these high deductible plans.

Until now, the push for price transparency hasn’t played much of a role in the national debate over health care reform. However, the Senate Finance Committee version of health care overhaul would require hospitals to list their standard charges for services.

Northwest Herald | Health care marketplace thrives on secret prices

Daily Herald | Rolling Meadows bank closure surprises city officials

 

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or FDIC, will be paying out the bank's[Platinum Community Bank’s] insured accounts - those of $250,000 or less per individual account. The bank's total deposits amount to $305 million. The FDIC will mail customers checks for their insured funds on Tuesday, Sept. 8, according to a news release.

Daily Herald | Rolling Meadows bank closure surprises city officials