Schools
Bensenville School District 2 placed on financial "Review" list by state board of education
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Bensenville School District 2 on its financial "Review" list.
Dupage County
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Schools
West Chicago ESD 33 holds $34.5 million in long-term debt
West Chicago Elementary School District 33 has $34,465,000 in debt, according to Illinois State Board of Education 2016 financial reports obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.
Schools
Bensenville SD 2 holds $36 million in long-term debt
Bensenville School District 2 has $35,970,000 in debt, which is $8,162 per household in the district, according to Illinois State Board of Education 2016 financial reports obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.
Schools
Benjamin School District 25 placed on financial "Recognition" list by state board of education
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Benjamin School District 25 on its financial "Recognition" list.
Government
Analysis: Sales tax funded 12 percent of Village of Bloomingdale budget in 2016
The Village of Bloomingdale's local sales tax brought in $4,191,266 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data.
Schools
Queen Bee SD 16 holds $19 million in long-term debt
Queen Bee School District 16 has $18,983,488 in debt, which is $4,424 per household in the district, according to Illinois State Board of Education 2016 financial reports obtained by the DuPage Policy Journal.
Schools
Addison School District 4 placed on financial "Recognition" list by state board of education
The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) has placed Addison School District 4 on its financial "Recognition" list.
Government
Analysis: Sales tax funded 12 percent of Village of Addison budget in 2016
The Village of Addison's local sales tax brought in $8,006,876 in 2016, according to Illinois State Comptroller revenue data.
Government
Analysis: DuPage County fire, police pension funds paid $132 million, lost $7 million on investments in 2016
Sixty-five of the 66 DuPage County police and fire pension funds paid out a total of $132,496,530 in benefits to 2,355 retirees and inactive recipients in 2016 while losing $7,568,241 on their investments, according to a DuPage Policy Journal analysis of the funds' mandated financial filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance.
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Government
DuPage County Emergency Telephone System (ETSB) Board met March 7.
DuPage County Emergency Telephone System (ETSB) Board met at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 7.
Real Estate
Report: Nearly 11 percent of homes in DuPage "seriously underwater" on their mortgages
More than one in 10 homeowners in DuPage has a mortgage that's 125 percent or more of their home's value as of March 31, according to a report by Attom Data Solutions, a California-based provider of property data.
Government
DuPage County Board Ethics met March 14.
DuPage County Board met at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 14.
Business
DuPage voter registrations don't add up, group alleges
DuPage County's voter registration logs are incorrect and possibly illegal, a transparency organization alleged in a letter it sent to the state recently.
Government
DuPage County Joint County-Conference Intergovernmental Committee met Feb. 1.
Joint County-Conference Intergovernmental Committee met at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1.
Government
DuPage County Ethics Commission met April 5.
DuPage County Ethics Commission met at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 5.