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05.25.23

The City of Chicago has received a number of upgrades from credit rating agencies over the past year, for both the City’s long-term general obligation debt and other debt. City debt primarily consists of general obligation debt secured by a full faith and credit pledge of revenues, revenue debt...

05.05.23

How should Illinois pay for public transit?

This was one of the key questions posed at a recent policy forum on the topic of public transportation in the Chicago region hosted by the Federal Reserve...

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The Civic Federation
RT : The IL Senate offers a touching and emotional resolution to honor the life of Laurence Msall, the longtime head of… https://t.co/rDHF5Xpx1v
The Civic Federation
The Governor's proposed budget included a $2.7 billion increase in agency spending over the previous year. In our F… https://t.co/06dE0xqMbb
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Only four state governments do not share their floor and committee hearing video recordings online. Illinois is one… https://t.co/L21JAzj5x9