04.08.20
The Civic Federation is examining the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the State of Illinois and its local governemnts. The following are blog posts covering various topics related to the...
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The Civic Federation's 2020 Civic Awards Luncheon
Please note: Due to restrictions on public gatherings designed to limit the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the Civic Federation has delayed its annual June luncheon. The decision to delay was made in...
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Civic Federation Research on the Fiscal Impact of COVID-19
The Civic Federation is examining the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the State of Illinois and its local governemnts. The following are blog posts covering various topics related to the...
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Selected Consumer Taxes in the City of Chicago - 2020
This annual report lists and describes selected consumer taxes within the City of Chicago. For ease of use by non-specialists, the taxes in this report are grouped under the following categories:...
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In the news at @cbschicago: Legitimate And Fraudulent Claims Drain State’s Unemployment Fund:… https://t.co/HQzUNyjXqM
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Blogs
06.02.20
When Illinois lawmakers met in Springfield to pass a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the main issue they confronted was the tax shortfall caused by COVID-19. They did not want to...
05.28.20
Changes could be coming to Cook County’s pretrial electronic monitoring program as the Cook County President’s Office looks to hire a consultant to examine best practices and potential alternatives to the way the Sheriff’s electronic monitoring program is currently run.
While the number...
05.22.20
Governments frequently borrow funds on a short-term basis to deal with cash flow problems, and this year, due to the massive economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the State of Illinois and many local governments will face large cash shortfalls as revenue collections are delayed or...
05.15.20
This blog post is an update to the Civic Federation’s April 9, 2020 blog post: How COVID-19 is Impacting Chicago’s Criminal Justice System and How Public Safety...
In the News
03.20.20
Bloomberg
As state and local governments continued to increase the intensity of their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, this article examined the effect social distancing and business closures could have...
10.23.19
Bloomberg
This article covered Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's budget address, in which she presented her recommendation for the City's FY2020 budget. Civic Federation President Laurence Msall said that the...
08.29.19
The Wall Street Journal
This article covered the City of Chicago's significant financial challenges ahead of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's State of the City address. Civic Federation President Laurence Msall said that the Mayor...
08.28.19
Reuters
This article covered the passage of the Chicago Public Schools FY2020 budget . The Civic Federation supported the budget because...
Tweets by @CivicFederation
In the news at @cbschicago: Legitimate And Fraudulent Claims Drain State’s Unemployment Fund:… https://t.co/HQzUNyjXqM
RT @Yvette_BB: great write up for anyone that was scratching head at some of the numbers tossed about during the session.... https://t.co/hufMHgv2NR
RT @elizabeth_news: Illinois becomes 1st state to tap Federal Reserve for a loan: https://t.co/TFQgwrkXHb by @shrutidatesingh @amanda_albright #twill