06.12.20
The Illinois Department of Revenue recently announced that the final equalization factor for the Cook County 2019 property assessment year (taxes payable in 2020) is 2.9160. Each year the Illinois...
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06.02.20
When Illinois lawmakers met in Springfield to pass a budget for the upcoming fiscal year, the main issue they confronted was the tax shortfall caused by COVID-19. They did not want to...
05.28.20
Changes could be coming to Cook County’s pretrial electronic monitoring program as the Cook County President’s Office looks to hire a consultant to examine best practices and potential alternatives to the way the Sheriff’s electronic monitoring program is currently run.
While the number...
05.22.20
UPDATE : Since the Civic Federation published this blog post, there have been two significant updates to report, as detailed in this follow-up post .
Governments frequently borrow funds on a...
05.15.20
This blog post is an update to the Civic Federation’s April 9, 2020 blog post: How COVID-19 is Impacting Chicago’s Criminal Justice System and How Public Safety...
05.11.20
05.08.20
Revenue estimates presented at the April 29, 2020 meeting of the Cook County...
05.04.20
UPDATE : On May 5, Illinois delayed the planned sale of $1.2 billion of...
04.30.20
A Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court tasked with making recommendations for comprehensive pretrial reform in Illinois released its final report earlier this month. The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial...
04.24.20
The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a severe blow to Chicago’s hospitality industry. Conventions have been cancelled, dine-in restaurants have closed, airport traffic has plunged and sporting events have been cancelled. As of early April, the City had experienced the loss of over 20 conventions...