Evanston Township Dissolution Saves Taxpayers Nearly $780,000
The City of Evanston recently released a white paper on the initial results following the dissolution of its coterminous township. Based on the results…
The City of Evanston recently released a white paper on the initial results following the dissolution of its coterminous township. Based on the results…
This annual report compares estimated effective property tax rates in the six-county region of northeastern Illinois between 2004 and 2013, the last year for which data are available. Among the 12 selected Cook County communities…
Since the release of our 2012 Effective Tax Rates report on September 29th the Civic Federation has fielded many inquiries about how to…
This week the Civic Federation released its annual Effective Property Tax Rates report. The report highlights the fact that in 2012 property tax…
This annual report compares effective property tax rates in the six-county region of northeastern Illinois…
The consolidation and dissolution of local units of government has been the subject of much discussion recently in Illinois. The purpose of this blog post is to briefly summarize a recent report released by the Illinois Local Government…
This report compares effective property tax rates in selected communities around metropolitan Chicago. The Civic Federation found mixed results across the region for effective tax rates in 2011 with rises in tax rates for all of the collar…
The blogs for this week and next week will examine the long-term obligations of six selected municipalities in Illinois and their overlapping local governments using per capita indicators based on unfunded pension liabilities and bonded…
This report compares effective property tax rates in selected communities around metropolitan Chicago and finds that effective tax rates in 2010 for residential and commercial properties rose for each of the 32 municipalities studied.…