Spending per pupil at Gurnee School District 56 is down 1 percent from five years ago, according to a Lake County Gazette analysis of district finances.
The Waukegan Police Pension Fund had 150 active participants receiving an average salary of $90,373 in 2016, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.
Barrington Fire Department responded to 343 calls in 2017 - 9 percent less than the previous year, according to data from the National Fire Incident Reporting System.
After projecting its investments would grow by 6.75 percent, the Waukegan Police Pension Fund netted 0.05 percent on its investments in 2016, according to data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.
In the face of mounting international pressure to penalize Israel by boycotting companies that do business there, a bill co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam (R-IL) that would prevent such actions was authorized Thursday by the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this weak overturning a decades-old decision allowing unions to charge non-members for lobbying seems to belong a world away, ideologically, from the one in 1977 that said such fees were constitutional.
On June 29, 2018, Joseph and Elizabeth Scully sold their home at 372 Ravine Park Drive, Lake Forest to Tiago Miguel Capos Rodrigues and Sonia Alexandra Dos Santos Afonso for $1,241,500.
On June 29, 2018, Sunny and Elizabeth Joseph purchased a four bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home at 13153 W. Scott Court, Beach Park from Christopher G. Tiglas for $255,000.
The home at 203 North Ave., Barrington was sold on June 29, 2018 by Michael J. and Madeline M. McCauley for $935,000. The buyers were Michael and Sarah Seiffer.
On June 29, 2018, Virginia L. Fitzgerald (estate administrator) and Jones Ronald A. Jr (estate) sold their home at 366 Warren Lane, Grayslake to Daniel K. Roscoe for $217,400.
On June 29, 2018, Christopher J. and Mary Ann Walsh purchased a home at 1116 Hedgerow Drive, Grayslake from Steven J. and Sarah E. Fredricks for $326,000.
On June 29, 2018, Chicago Title Land Trust Co. Suc (trustee) sold their property at 2701 W Glen Flora Ave., Waukegan to Cinnamon LK Towers Association LP for $180,000.