2.86 percent of people in Manhattan were receiving food stamps as of April 31, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Will County Gazette.
5.35 percent of people in Wilmington were receiving food stamps as of April 31, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Will County Gazette.
Since the state Supreme Court ruled voter referendums can't be used to place measures on the ballot, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner has called for state lawmakers to take action to restore redistricting to the November ballot and to also put term limits up for a vote.
The state of Illinois and the city of Chicago should seek bankruptcy protection to stop the fiscal bleeding and get back untracked, William Isaac, former chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., said in a recently published opinion piece.
With the welfare system falling apart, it may be time to look at the possibility of a basic income for every American, a concept that has been championed by well-known economists and political scientists of the past and present including Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek and Charles Murray.
2.08 percent of people in Mokena were receiving food stamps as of April 31, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Will County Gazette.
6.28 percent of people in Plainfield were receiving food stamps as of April 31, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Will County Gazette.
It had been 57 games since the Joliet Central football team had experienced the thrill of victory, but the victory was extra sweet because the Steelmen also pulled off the win in dramatic fashion.
3.28 percent of people in Channahon were receiving food stamps as of April 31, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Will County Gazette.
6.07 percent of people in Braidwood were receiving food stamps as of April 31, 2016, according to an analysis of the federal program by Will County Gazette.
Democrat Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant (D-Plainfield) has raised nearly $1.3 million in campaign funds over the past four years. But only 0.68 percent of that has come from individual local donors, according to a Will County Gazette analysis.