Lake County Gazette

21 of 200 highest-paying commercial property taxpayers Chicago suburbs’ are located in Lake County, paid $43M last year

By Kyle Wahe | Aug 16, 2017

Twenty-one of suburban Chicago’s 200 highest tax-paying commercial properties are in Lake County, according to a Local Government Information Services (LGIS) analysis of property tax data from the Cook County Treasurer. Collectively, these 21 properties contributed $53.58 million to Lake County’s public funds, which go towards municipal salaries and local school districts.

Analysis: Lake County fire, police pension funds paid $67 million, made $618K on investments in 2016

By Kyle Wahe | Jun 28, 2017

Fifty-one of the 54 Lake County police and fire pension funds paid out a total of $67,965,895 in benefits to 1,310 retirees and inactive recipients in 2016 while gaining $618,166 on their investments, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of the funds' mandated financial filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance.