State of Illinois

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Illinois House Defers Major Budget Decisions

UPDATE: Illinois General Assembly Passes FY2015 Budget On May 30, 2014, a day before the end of the Illinois General Assembly’s regular spring session, the Senate passed the FY2015 budget previously approved by the House. As discussed…

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Illinois Medicaid Enrollment under Affordable Care Act Exceeds Projections

More Illinois residents than originally projected are signing up for Medicaid as a result of the federal Affordable Care Act, but the long-term impact on the State budget remains unclear. Illinois officials had initially projected that…

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State of Illinois FY2015 Recommended Operating Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

The Civic Federation opposes Governor Pat Quinn’s recommended budget for FY2015 because it uses revenue from extending the 2011 temporary income tax increase for new spending. The State’s fiscal crisis demands that any increased revenue be…

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Governor’s Five-Year Projections Illustrate Dramatically Different Financial Paths

As part of the FY2015 budget recommendation for the State of Illinois, Governor Pat Quinn provided two separate five-year projections for both “…

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Government Consolidation in Illinois: An Update

The consolidation and dissolution of local units of government has been the subject of much discussion recently in Illinois. The purpose of this blog post is to briefly summarize a recent report released by the Illinois Local Government…

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Illinois Lacks True Rainy Day Fund

Governor Pat Quinn’s recommended budget for FY2015 proposes that the State of Illinois build a financial cushion to deal with future economic…

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Governor Quinn's FY2015 Budget Includes Interfund Borrowing to Close Budget Gap

Although the budget recommended by Governor Pat Quinn for FY2015 proposes extending current income tax rates to avoid a massive revenue cliff, it also relies on borrowing $650 million to close a budget gap and pay down a portion of the…

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Illinois Delays Submission of $5 Billion Medicaid Plan

UPDATE: On June 4, 2014, the State of Illinois filed its application for a $5 billion Medicaid plan with the federal government. Advocates…

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Illinois Governor’s Recommended FY2015 Budget Extends Income Tax Increases

On March 26, 2014, Governor Pat Quinn presented an FY2015 budget proposal for the State of Illinois that avoids a fiscal cliff by retaining temporary income tax…

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Governor’s FY2015 Budget Recommendation Faces Illinois' Steep Revenue Cliff

Next week Governor Pat Quinn will give his sixth budget address since taking office in 2009. The budget is expected to be one of the most difficult of his tenure considering that the State is currently expected to have approximately $5.4…