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Severance pay to Illinois officials described as out of control

By Sean Fowler | Oct 23, 2017

While most Illinoisans suffer under the strain of joblessness and an increasingly higher tax burden, the state continues to pay enormous severance packages, the Better Government Association (BGA) contends.

U of I payout to scandalized chancellor called common example of excess

By Sean Fowler | Oct 22, 2017

Illinois needs to learn from a couple of coastal states how to rein in ridiculously high severance and transition packages like the one the University of Illinois paid out in 2009, the Better Government Association (BGA) contends.

Former U of I chancellor's departure cost called endemic of Illinois waste

By Sean Fowler | Oct 22, 2017

The one-year, $365,000 sabbatical paid to a former University of Illinois chancellor is an example of the type of wasteful spending that needs to be eliminated in Illinois, the Better Government Association (BGA) contended recently.