04.03.20
States are currently facing monumental fiscal challenges posed by the economic and revenue impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. However, their ability to use fiscal policies to address these challenges is quite limited due to structural and capacity issues. Only the federal government has the...
03.27.20
This blog post presents information about the different types of individual income taxes imposed by state governments in the United States.
In 2020 forty-one states levied individual income taxes. States currently use flat rate or graduated rate models for their individual income tax...
03.24.20
03.20.20
Throughout the United States there is a bipartisan consensus that...
03.13.20
As Illinois voters head to the polls for next week’s Presidential primary, this blog post looks at another major choice that will be on the general election ballot in November: whether to replace the State’s flat-rate income tax with a graduated rate structure. The post reviews the proposed new...
03.06.20
As described in a previous blog post , Governor J.B. Pritzker’s...
02.28.20
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s second budget proposal avoids many of the pitfalls of his...
02.26.20
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SUMMARYThis annual report lists...
02.21.20
The Civic Federation, in partnership with the Union League Club of Chicago, co-hosted a panel featuring candidates for Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County on February 21, 2020. The Civic Federation thanks the four Democratic candidates for their participation in the event:
Richard...02.13.20
In December the Civic Federation explored how Illinois, its local governments and other states tax recreational cannabis. In this post we will look at how those cannabis tax revenues...
