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Illinois colleges, universities report 9.6 percent default rate on student loans

By LGIS Newsfeed | 6 years ago

At Larry's Barber College in Chicago, 40.3 percent of borrowers who started repaying student loans in 2014 defaulted on those loans by the end of 2016, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

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Illinois House passes bill to require race and ethnicity-based quotas at state universities pension system

By LGIS News Service | 6 years ago

Illinoisans of Italian, Mexican, French and Eastern European descent could be in line for top management jobs with one of the state's largest public pension systems if a bill becomes law.

Former state university employee Caplinger paid in $34K to pension fund, could collect $805K in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state university employee Wayne Caplinger, who retired in April 2018, saved $34,331 toward a pension over 19 years working for state universities, State Universities Retirement System of Illinois records show.

Former state school employee Hammond paid in $139K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $2.92M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Gayleen Hammond, who retired in April 2018, saved $138,749 toward a pension over 35 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

9 offenders paroled in zip code 62812 in November

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Nine offenders released on parole in November live in Illinois zip code 62812, according to Illinois Department of Corrections data obtained by North Egypt News.

Former state school employee Shurtz paid in $28K to teachers' pension fund, could collect $1.05M in retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Former state school employee Lori Shurtz, who retired in April 2018, saved $27,731 toward a pension over 9 years working for public schools, Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois records show.

Records show how much North Egypt school districts have paid for spiking teacher pensions ahead of retirement

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Out of school districts in North Egypt, Mt Vernon School District 80 paid the most in penalties since 2005 for spiking employee salaries to boost outgoing teachers' retirement benefits, according to data obtained from the Teachers Retirement System of Illinois.

Public employee tally: Top 25 counties in Illinois

By Local Labs News Service | May 1, 2018

Franklin is among Illinois counties that employ the most government workers per capita, according to 2016 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.