With the amount it's obligated to pay pensioners outpacing the funds it has on hand, 44.7 percent of the Duquoin Firefighters Pension Fund fund is funded, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

With the amount it's obligated to pay pensioners outpacing the funds it has on hand, 71.1 percent of the Columbia Police Pension Fund fund is funded, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

With the amount it's obligated to pay pensioners outpacing the funds it has on hand, 76.4 percent of the Chester Police Pension Fund fund is funded, according to the latest data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance Pension Division.

City of Waterloo, Village of Coulterville and Village of Tamaroa employ the fewest government workers per capita in SW Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

Pension funds in Du Quoin, Chester and Pinckneyville would go bankrupt first without subsidies from taxpayers and members, according to an analysis of data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance.

Waterloo Park District is among those in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Village of Ellis Grove, Village of St. Johns and Village of Hecker employ the most government workers per capita in SW Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

Park districts for Godley, McCook and Oregon top the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Pension funds in Du Quoin and Chester would go bankrupt first without subsidies from taxpayers and members, according to an analysis of data reported to the Illinois Department of Insurance.

Village of DePue, Village of Long Grove and Village of North Barrington employ the fewest government workers per capita in Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

Village of Ellis Grove is among the cities that employ the most government workers per capita in Illinois, according to 2017 Illinois State Comptroller financial reports.

Monroe County spent $2,789 per capita in 2016, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Tazewell, Christian and Clinton counties top the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2016, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Monroe tops the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2016, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Prairie-Carthage "F" Multi Tax Assessment District top the list in SW Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Prairie-Carthage "F" Multi Tax Assessment District top the list in SW Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Prairie-Carthage "F" Multi Tax Assessment District tops the list in Illinois with the lowest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

Townships in Pike, Grundy and Livingston counties top the list in Illinois with the highest spending per capita in 2017, Illinois State Comptroller financial reports show.

About 6,193 Southwest Illinois residents – or about 18.9 percent of the region’s population – were on food stamp rolls in January 2017, according to a Southwest Illinois News analysis of 66 Illinois welfare offices

While veterans watched live from the Quincy Veterans Home, Sens. Paul Schimpf (R-Waterloo) and Dale Righter (R-Mattoon) discussed communications during the Legionella outbreak at the site and why the outbreak even occurred during a Senate-House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing Monday.