A look back at the Civic Federation’s blog this year provides a preview of upcoming fiscal challenges for local governments in 2013. Pension Funding The most urgent fiscal challenge for Illinois governments continues to be the pension…
Last week marked the end of the budget season for the nine local governments monitored by the Civic Federation. These governments include: the City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago Public Schools (CPS), DuPage County, City of Chicago, Cook…
This report provides estimates of the total market value of real property in Cook County from 2001-2010 and shows how property value is spread among the City of Chicago, the northern and the southern suburbs. The full market value of real…
On October 31, 2012, the Civic Federation released its analysis of the City of Chicago’s…
The Civic Federation supports the City of Chicago’s FY2013 proposed $6.5 billion budget which reduces the City’s reliance on one-time revenue sources while restructuring City government through better managing personnel expenditures.…
On June 30, 2011 the Civic Federation released Recommendations for a Financially Sustainable City of Chicago. The report offered a comprehensive set of forty recommendations to…
Since 1988, the City of Chicago and its four pension funds have been party to the settlement of…
