Will County Gazette

Closing College Illinois to new investors is good policy, Batinick says

By Justin Stoltzfus | Jan 30, 2018

The state program College Illinois is on the rocks yet again due to funding deficiencies, and Rep. Mark Batinick (R-Plainfield) has been keeping an eye on the situation.

Tim Baldermann's Union School District 81 a costly underperformer

By Justin Stoltzfus | Dec 15, 2017

Tim Baldermann has a lot to show for his years of public service; the taxpayers, funding his pension and salary, don't.

Wyllie case, District 210 school spending remain hot topics

By Justin Stoltzfus | Nov 8, 2017

Elizabeth Burghard and other advocates of financial reform are keeping a close eye on the prosecution of Lawrence Wyllie, the former superintendent of Lincoln-Way Community High School District 210.

Will County board member pleads to retain state, local deductions

By Justin Stoltzfus | Aug 5, 2017

Will County board member Mike Fricilone (R-Homer Glen) wants the federal government to understand the value of allowing citizens to deduct state and local taxes from their federal tax bills.

Illinois among states seen as on the precipice of a pension disaster

By Justin Stoltzfus | Jun 23, 2017

Officials in Springfield and around the country are talking about a “pension cliff” and trying to determine what will happen as large numbers of educators become fully vested in school district pension benefit systems.