Sangamon Sun

Analysis: Income tax hike will cost Menard County residents $3.5M more this year

By Kyle Wahe | Aug 28, 2017

Menard County residents will pay an additional $3,475,585 in state income taxes this year, according to an analysis by Local Government Information Services (LGIS).

Analysis: Sangamon County fire, police pension funds paid $26 million, lost $12 million on investments in 2016

By Kyle Wahe | Jun 29, 2017

Sangamon County’s four police and fire pension funds paid out a total of $26,027,658 in benefits to 484 retirees and inactive recipients in 2016 while losing $12,137,997 on their investments, according to a Sangamon Sun analysis of the funds' mandated financial filings with the Illinois Department of Insurance.