Lake County Gazette

Lauf joins crowded GOP field running for Illinois Congressional seat

By Colin Froment | Sep 6, 2019

Republican Latina Catalina Lauf announced her campaign to run for Congress in a video posted on Thursday.

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State spending 36 percent of money allocated for education on pension costs

By Colin Froment | 5 years ago

Illinois Policy recently released a new study detailing how pension costs are negatively impacting budgets throughout the state’s school districts.

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Former Democratic senators demand higher salaries for Illinois legislators in lawsuit

By Colin Froment | 6 years ago

Former Illinois Sens. Michael Noland (D-Elgin) and James Clayborne (D-East St. Louis) filed a lawsuit against the state which, if successful, will increase state lawmakers’ salaries to more than $81,000 by 2020 to rank Illinois' legislative salaries as the nation’s fourth-highest.