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05.13.21
Watchdog urges Illinois officials to reject no-longer-needed proposed tax treatment changes
04.28.21
Today a coalition of public service organizations--Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts, the Chicago Council of Lawyers, and the Civic Federation--released a...
03.12.21
By Jim Dey
One of the unique aspects of a governmental entity going broke is that few notice — or even object — until the ship of state founders.
That’s the way it’s been with...
03.12.21
City of Chicago’s estimated residential rate remains lowest among selected municipalities in Cook County
(CHICAGO) --The Civic Federation released its annual estimate of effective...
12.21.20
For more than nine months, Gov. J.B. Pritzker has done an admirable job of steering our state through the most dangerous public health crisis in a century. Unfortunately, the work for which voters...
