06.04.18
The Illinois General Assembly passed a budget for fiscal year 2019 on May 31, 2018 and Governor Rauner signed it into law on June 4, 2018. The Institute for Illinois' Fiscal Sustainability has...
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
11.20.18
When the State of Illinois enacted its budget for the current fiscal year in June 2018, it had a narrow surplus on paper of about $14 million. But a...
11.09.18
Illinois’ contributions to its severely underfunded retirement systems are expected to increase significantly in the upcoming budget year, but the numbers could change due to pension buyout plans that have yet to be implemented.
Proposed State contributions to the five pension funds are...
10.26.18
A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that Medicaid enrollment declined by 0.6% across the United States in 2018—the first nationwide drop since 2007. The...
10.12.18
The Illinois Estate tax is levied on net assets over $4 million of the estates of the deceased. Illinois does not have an inheritance tax, which is levied on assets received by the inheritors of an estate.
Estate tax revenue is forecast to be...
In the News
10.15.18
Chicago Tribune
This article reports that there is growing bipartisan support for a capital plan in Springfield. The State of Illinois has not had a comprehensive capital plan since Illinois Jobs Now! , passed in...
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...