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Illinois townships fat with overhead and wasteful spending
An AP analysis finds Illinois townships collected nearly half a billion dollars in 1999 while many spent as much on administration as services. Some townships paid high salaries for few employees and funded vast bureaucracies, prompting calls to reform or abolish the system.
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Springfield
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Illinois
Associated Press
Midwest
Michael Richardson
Rock Island
Illinois Supreme Court
Donna Schaefer
McHenry
Mark Partee
Six Mile
Zeigler
Chris Lauren
Aurora
U.S. Census Bureau
United States
Indiana
Minnesota
Abress