07.24.18
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The Civic Federation supports the City Colleges of...
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Call For Nominations: The 27th Annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence In Public Service Award
The Civic Federation is pleased to announce a call for nominations for the 27th Annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence in Public Service Award. The Excellence in Public Service Award...
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Chicago Public Schools FY2019 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations
Click here to read the full report. The Civic Federation supports Chicago Public Schools’ proposed FY2019 budget of $7.6 billion with reservations. Due to considerable recurring revenue sources,...
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City Colleges of Chicago FY2019 Tentative Budget: Analysis and Recommendations
Click here to read the full report. The Civic Federation supports the City Colleges of Chicago’s proposed FY2019 operating budget. The $436.1 million budget is a prudent plan to continue to...
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Job Opening at the Civic Federation: Research Associate
The Civic Federation is an independent, non-partisan government research organization that provides analysis and recommendations on government finance issues for the Chicago region and State of...
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The Civic Federation is taking nominations for the 27th @MSIFoundation Excellence in Public Service Award. Details… https://t.co/bKDAJf7PRH
Blogs
08.17.18
Illinois will issue bonds next week to refund all of its outstanding...
08.10.18
The City of Chicago released its 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) earlier this summer. This blog will examine the City’s Corporate Fund (i.e. General Fund) fund balance as a percent of general operating expenditures based on audited data from the City’s most recent CAFR. This...
08.03.18
Thanks to higher than expected revenues , the State of Illinois ended the last fiscal year with a backlog of unpaid bills that was about $900 million below earlier forecasts.
The bill backlog stood...
07.27.18
The Chicago City Council on July 25, 2018 approved a 2.0% surcharge on shared housing and vacation rentals in the City of Chicago. The 2.0% surcharge is in addition to an existing 4.0% surcharge on vacation rentals or shared housing units, bringing the total taxes specific to home sharing to 6.0...
In the News
07.24.18
Multiple Outlets
The following news items cover the release of the Civic Federation's analysis of the Chicago Public Schools FY2019 budget ....
05.30.18
Crain's Chicago Business
This article discusses the findings of the Civic Federation’s Estimated Full Value of Real Property in Cook County:...
05.18.18
Governing
This article briefly summarizes the ongoing financial struggles in the City of...
05.23.18
Chicago Magazine
This article discusses Civic Federation recommendations from the FY2019 State of Illinois Budget Roadmap to...
Tweets by @CivicFederation
CPS spent nearly all of FY2017 in a cash-negative position. The District’s cash position improved somewhat in FY201… https://t.co/JwUTR2nRsL
The Civic Federation is taking nominations for the 27th @MSIFoundation Excellence in Public Service Award. Details… https://t.co/bKDAJf7PRH
Under the State’s current variable-rate bonds, Illinois pays bondholders an interest rate that floats according to… https://t.co/ZCOXSadzPa