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City of Chicago FY2000 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations
The Civic Federation criticized the City of Chicago's FY2000 budget for proposing a 4.2% increase in the property tax levy, as well as a number of fee increases, without adequately attempting to...11.04.98
City of Chicago FY1999 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations
The Civic Federation's analysis of the City of Chicago's FY1999, $4.5 billion budget, supports the proposed decrease in the property tax levy while warning that the City must also prepare for an...10.01.97
Status of Local Pension Funding 1996: An Evaluation of Nine Local Pension Funds within Cook County & the Five Collar County Funds in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund
A 6-year trend analysis of indicators that measure the financial health and performance of 9 major local government pension funds from 1991 to 1996.
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