States are putting taxpayers on the hook for more and more debt, with Illinois among the state’s with highest tax burden per taxpayer in the nation, according to the latest report from public finance watchdog Truth In Accounting. 

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

WASHINGTON — Appearing before a House subcommittee, a representative for Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector General said that his team has sent findings of mismanagement at the Alexander County Housing Authority to the Illinois U.S. Attorney, which could be pursuing civil and criminal charges.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

At an age when other Hollywood stars are settling into retirement and collecting lifetime-achievement awards, an 81-year-old Bill Cosby was led away to prison in handcuffs Tuesday, sentenced to three to 10 years behind bars in what was seen by many of his accusers as a reckoning richly deserved and long overdue.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

Car enthusiasts from around Illinois and beyond would rather see cuts and reprioritized spending than another tax, like a possible vehicle miles traveled tax, something they see as a nonstarter.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh declared in a televised interview Monday that he never sexually assaulted anyone in high school or at any other time in his life.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

The infamous police dashboard camera video shows Laquan McDonald spin wildly at the first shots from Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke before collapsing to Pulaski Road a second and a half later.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

DU QUOIN — Preliminary estimates show a total of 100,813 fairgoers passed through the gates for the 2018 Du Quoin State Fair, bringing in $226,780 in admission and parking revenue during the fair’s 11-day run, according to a news release from the state.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.

Gov. Bruce Rauner shouldn’t be worried only about Democratic rival J.B. Pritzker in the four-way race for the governor’s mansion.

Here’s a link to the story at Illinois News Network.

Jurors in the murder trial of Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke watched this past week as his partner on the night of the shooting, Joseph Walsh, stepped down from the witness stand and demonstrated how he said Laquan McDonald menaced police with a knife.

Here’s a link to the story at the Chicago Tribune.

CAIRO — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has secured more than $6 million to demolish two public housing apartment complexes in Cairo.

Here’s a link to the story at the Southern Illinoisan.