05.09.18
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The Institute’s mission is to improve the state’s decision-making process by providing timely fiscal policy analysis and recommendations to state officials, the media and the public through education and digital outreach.
State of Illinois FY2019 Recommended Operating Budget: Analysis and Recommendations
Click here to read the full report. The Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability is not able to support Governor Bruce Rauner’s recommended FY2019 budget because it is...
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State of Illinois FY2019 Budget Roadmap
Click here to read the full report. Prior to the release of the Governor’s annual budget recommendation, the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation releases an...
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Blogs
09.13.18
Illinois’ backlog of unpaid bills stood at nearly $7.4 billion as of September 13,...
08.31.18
With governments in Illinois facing steep increases in yearly pension contributions, new plans are being floated to borrow billions of dollars to stabilize ailing pension funds and relieve budgetary pressures.
The...
08.17.18
Illinois will issue bonds next week to refund all of its outstanding...
08.03.18
Thanks to higher than expected revenues , the State of Illinois ended the last fiscal year with a backlog of unpaid bills that was about $900 million below earlier forecasts.
The bill backlog stood...
In the News
05.23.18
Chicago Magazine
This article discusses Civic Federation recommendations from the FY2019 State of Illinois Budget Roadmap to...
05.09.18
Multiple Outlets
The following news items cover the release of the Institute for Illinois' Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation's analysis...
05.08.18
Bloomberg
This article discusses the state of Illinois’ unfunded pension liabilities on the three-year anniversary of the Illinois Supreme Court’s ruling that the State’s bipartisan attempt at pension...
03.26.18
State Journal-Register
This article discusses the challenges of assessing the impact of the 2016 Safe Roads Amendment, or “Lockbox Amendment,” which prohibits the State of Illinois and local governments from using...