12.08.10
The Civic Federation supports the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s FY2011 Tentative Budget of nearly $1.0 billion. The tentative budget is a $681.1 million, or 41.1% decrease over...
12.08.10
The Civic Federation supports the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District’s FY2011 Tentative Budget of nearly $1.0 billion. The tentative budget is a $681.1 million, or 41.1% decrease over...
12.02.10
UPDATE: The Civic Federation commends Governor Pat Quinn for signing Senate Bill 3538 , a bill reforming police and fire pensions in Illinois, on...
12.02.10
State of Illinois officials want to tighten procedures for Medicaid by using electronic data to verify eligibility—a step also viewed as crucial to deal with the surge in Medicaid enrollment expected under federal healthcare reform.
On November 29, 2010, Julie Hamos, Director of...
12.02.10
Join the Chicago area’s top business, civic and government leaders in honoring Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority Trustee Jim Reilly on December 9, 2010. Click here...
12.01.10
The Civic Federation released today its analysis of the Chicago Park District’s proposed FY2011 budget of $397.6 million. The Federation supported the...
12.01.10
The Civic Federation supports the Chicago Park District’s FY2011 proposed operating budget of $397.6 million. The District is proposing to hold the property tax levy flat and maintain...
11.23.10
A new report on Cook County Tax Increment Financing (TIF) districts was released today by Cook County Clerk David Orr. For tax year 2009 (taxes paid in 2010),...
11.23.10
The operating budget enacted by the State of Illinois for FY2011 is based on General Funds revenues projected to be slightly higher than last year’s, and so far actual monthly revenues appear to be on target to meet or exceed these expectations.
This increase signals the State’s hope...
11.23.10
The City of Chicago contributed $423.9 million to its Municipal, Laborers, Police, and Fire pension funds in fiscal year 2009, an amount equivalent to 13.4% of payroll. If it were following a fiscally reasonable pension funding policy it would have contributed at least 31.2% of payroll—an...
11.22.10
This report describes basic principles of taxation and evaluates how these principles are manifested in the Cook County property tax system. The purpose of the report is descriptive, not...