06.17.10
The State of Illinois is not the only cash-strapped state that shied away from major tax increases to improve its financial condition in FY2011. According to Stateline.org , most states avoided raising significant revenue...
06.17.10
The State of Illinois is not the only cash-strapped state that shied away from major tax increases to improve its financial condition in FY2011. According to Stateline.org , most states avoided raising significant revenue...
06.17.10
Civic Federation Position Statement on School Vouchers June 17, 2010
The Civic Federation supports the use of vouchers to provide students in low-performing public...
06.17.10
On June 15, 2010 the Chicago Board of Education approved measures to cope with the school district’s ...
06.16.10
The Illinois Open Meetings Act, 5 ILCS 120 , was originally enacted in 1957 and sets forth the rules and...
06.09.10
Last week the Illinois General Assembly adjourned for the summer. The House and the Senate sent numerous bills to Illinois Governor Pat Quinn to either sign or veto. One such bill is Senate Bill 580, which would restructure the existing DuPage Water Commission.
The DuPage Water...
06.07.10
Illinois and many other states drafted budget plans for FY2011 based on the assumption that Congress would extend the expiration date for enhanced federal Medicaid funding by six months—from December 31, 2010 to June 30, 2011. Now that assumption is looking increasingly shaky, adding to...
06.04.10
Before adjourning for a second time this session on May 28, 2010, the Illinois General Assembly sent a series of budget bills for FY2011 to the Governor. Both houses passed $26.0 billion in appropriations, emergency budget powers for the Governor, several one-time revenue sources and some...
06.01.10
In a victory for good government, the Cook County Board of Commissioners on June 1, 2010 voted 13-3 to make permanent the independent Board of Directors overseeing the Cook County Health and Hospitals System...
05.26.10
Each year the Civic Federation publishes an analysis of Cook County’s proposed Executive Budget (see e.g. Cook County FY2010 Proposed Budget: Analysis and...
05.24.10
As the General Assembly nears the final days of this year’s regular session with no FY2011 budget in sight, a group of lawmakers is attempting to advance the negotiations by proposing a $1.3 billion package...
