by Mark Cavers In 2008, the Illinois State Senate employed a workforce of 436 employees in addition to the state’s 58 senators. These 436 employees made a combined total of $12,148,006.38 in wages and seven of them made over $100,000 in their roles as staff assistants, secretaries, consultants and chiefs of staff. State senators used taxpayer money...
6 government agencies made huge strides in transparency and together contributed to an additional $693 million in government spending being made available online for area taxpayers to examine.
Ireland shows the way.
The Illinois Policy Institute
In 2008, the State of Illinois paid its 43 dietitians and dietary managers over two million dollars in wages.
Andrzejewski believes $60 million forensic audit of state spending could save Illinois taxpayers $1.25 billion annually.
Vendor wants payment upfront from Illinois state government.
Average annual wages for security guards on the state payroll in 2008 equaled $39,012, while the average annual wages for all security workers in Illinois came to $25,940.
Illinois falls further behind in the 2010 ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness review of the states.
In 2008, the Illinois Circuit Courts paid its judges over $140 Million in wages.
In fiscal year 2009, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity paid out over $640,000 in renewable energy resources program rebates to 91 individuals, businesses, schools and non-profits.
In 2008, Illinois Department of Human Services paid its 15,490 over $800 million in combined wages.
The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity gave the Chicago Architecture Foundation a $200,000 tourism grant to fund projects such as a state-of-the-art scale model of Chicago.
In 2008, Illinois Department of Revenue employed 99 individuals at a combined cost of over $4.5 Million to run the State's lottery.