pay

Some things I just cannot understand. Two things are near the top of the list. Why aren't teachers and nurses paid more than they are? If you're thinking about becoming a nurse in Missouri, be prepared for sadly among the lowest pay in the nation.

Since I'm quite sure that there are absolutely no money issues whatsoever in your household or in the households of anyone and everyone you know, you're probably delighted at the good fortune of Illinois lawmakers down in Springfield.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza dropped a video yesterday that made it very clear that our legislators in Springfield shouldn't expect a bump in their paychecks next year.

So, I'm sitting here in the office looking at an email from IllinoisPolicy about mayoral salaries here in Illinois, and I'm starting to think that perhaps I've made a vocational error. I'm learning that some of Illinois' mayors are among the highest-payed mayors in the entire world.

After reading the Illinois Policy Institute's new report on pay and benefits for government workers in Illinois, you may (because I was) be thinking, "I've made a vocational error."

It's a question my wife and I already have asked each other when it comes to our two children: how much should we pay the babysitter? The people at care.com have released a new survey, and the answer might be more than you think: In the past five years, the average pay of babysitters nationwide has jumped 28% to $13...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — Faculty pay at the University of Illinois is among the highest in the Big Ten. The (Champaign) News-Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/1cMnALh ) an American Association of University Professors annual ranking of faculty compensation places the central Illinois university 17th in the nation among four-year public institutions in compensation for full professors...

CHICAGO (AP) — A published report says one of every 10 state employees earned more than $100,000 in 2014. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the employees included judges, prison guards and nurses. The newspaper cites public records in its report that says 682 workers made more than former Gov...