The capital budget proposed by Governor Pat Quinn for FY2015 represents the sixth year of the Illinois Jobs Now! capital spending program and the first year since its inception that new bond-funded projects are not included in the…
This article covers the analysis of Governor Quinn’s FY2015 Recommended Budget released today by the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic…
Plan Uses Revenue from Increased Income Tax Rates on New Homeowners’ Grant (CHICAGO) – In a new report released today, the Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability opposes Governor Quinn’s recommended budget for…
The Civic Federation opposes Governor Pat Quinn’s recommended budget for FY2015 because it uses revenue from extending the 2011 temporary income tax increase for new spending. The State’s fiscal crisis demands that any increased revenue be…
As part of the FY2015 budget recommendation for the State of Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn provided two separate five-year projections for both “…
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 article reviews the $423 million capital plan released by Chicago Public Schools May 2, which is financed primarily through borrowing. The Civic Federation said the District needs to have a plan for absorbing the resulting increased…
The Civic Federation joined with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on April 23, 2014 to co-host a conference on ways that municipalities in Illinois can avoid or resolve fiscal…
Governor Pat Quinn’s recommended budget for FY2015 proposes that the State of Illinois build a financial cushion to deal with future economic…
Although the budget recommended by Governor Pat Quinn for FY2015 proposes extending current income tax rates to avoid a massive revenue cliff, it also relies on borrowing $650 million to close a budget gap and pay down a portion of the…
