The City of Streator had the 153th highest lottery ticket net sales statewide per capita for the month of April 2016 -- down 63 spots from its March ranking.
The Village of Sheridan had the 310th highest lottery ticket net sales statewide per capita for the month of May 2016 -- down 19 spots from its April ranking.
Illinois lawmakers are using a seemingly surreptitious way to give themselves pay raises: creating new and useless committees for which they are automatically paid an extra $10,326 as chairmen, a Chicago-based think tank is arguing.