05.09.17
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Call For Nominations: The 26th Annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence In Public Service Award
The Civic Federation is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 26th Annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence in Public Service Award. The Excellence in Public Service Award...
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2016 Civic Federation Annual Report
Download a copy of the Civic Federation's 2016 Annual Report. For copies of past Civic Federation annual reports, please click the following links: 2015 Annual Report 2014 Annual...
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State of Illinois FY2018 Recommended Operating Budget: Analysis and Recommendations
Click here to read the full report. The Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability not able to support Governor Rauner’s recommended FY2018 budget because it has an...
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In addition to eliminating pension pick-up for new teachers, #CPS phased it out for non-union employees last year: https://t.co/IREWqmana5
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On the CF blog: Estimated Full Value of Real Estate in Cook County Higher but not to Pre-Recession Levels https://t.co/BUoWAOYfN6
Blogs
09.07.17
For nearly two months, the fate of Illinois’ budget for the current fiscal year was in doubt because of Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of a school funding bill . With...
08.25.17
Seven weeks after the General Assembly enacted Illinois’ first budget in three years by overriding the Governor’s veto, the backlog of bills owed by the State still stood at $14.5 billion ....
08.04.17
After two years with no complete budget except for public school funding, Illinois now faces the prospect of beginning the 2017-18 school year with a budget for everything except schools.
On August 1 Governor Rauner issued an...
07.18.17
Higher education was one of the areas hit hardest by the State of Illinois’ two-year budget impasse. This blog post examines how higher education fares under the budget enacted earlier this month...
In the News
09.07.17
WBBM News Radio
This article discusses Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner's plan to borrow $6 billion to pay off a portion of the State’s backlog of overdue bills. Civic Federation President Laurence Msall remarks...
07.27.17
Illinois Issues
In this segment, Civic Federation President Laurence Msall discusses key aspects of the State of Illinois’ FY2018 budget and the challenges the State still faces. He says the most important aspect...
07.07.17
Multiple Outlets
In the following news pieces, Civic Federation President Laurence Msall discusses details of the State of Illinois’ FY2018 budget plan and the impact the budget will have on the State’s finances....
06.15.17
CBS 2
This segment discusses how the State of Illinois could lose the Powerball and Mega Millions lottery games if the State does not reach a budget agreement by the end of this month. Civic Federation...