2016 Year in Review on the Civic Federation Blog
The following are the five most read posts presented by the Civic Federation blog in 2016. These posts examine issues ranging from local government consolidation to pension funding reform. …
The following are the five most read posts presented by the Civic Federation blog in 2016. These posts examine issues ranging from local government consolidation to pension funding reform. …
2017 Civic Federation Legislative Priorities The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2017 include …
The Civic Federation supports the proposed FY2017 City of Chicago budget of $8.2 billion because it continues to work toward addressing the City’s unfunded pension liabilities and makes significant improvements over past financial…
Decisions by two of the largest State of Illinois pension funds to reduce their expected rates of return on investment have …
The City of Chicago recently released its mid-year Annual Financial Analysis for 2016, which provides financial estimates for the City’s fiscal year ending…
One year after passing the Illinois General Assembly, a bill that puts the City of Chicago’s Police and Fire pension funds on a 40-year plan to reach 90% funding…
The City of Chicago and Cook County recently joined a number of states nationwide in a move to exempt female hygiene products from the sales tax. At the Local Level On March 16, 2016 the Chicago City Council…
The Civic Federation co-hosted a conference with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago on April 4, 2016 entitled, “Medicaid Expansion and the Affordable Care Act: A Fiscal Checkup.” Experts, practitioners and academics from around the…