07.03.14
On June 26, 2014, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle issued a preliminary budget forecast for fiscal year 2015 , which begins on December 1, 2014. The...
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07.23.13
The following opinion piece by Civic Federation President Laurence Msall was published by Crain's Chicago Business on July 23, 2013...
01.17.13
Since 1988 the City of Chicago and its four pension funds have been party to the settlement of City of Chicago v. Korshak regarding how much the City, the funds and annuitants pay for healthcare. The City pays for a portion of the retiree healthcare premiums and the pension funds subsidize part...
12.26.12
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 funding crisis. The combined funded ratio for...
09.27.12
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 improve the City’s long-term fiscal condition....
10.25.10
The purpose of the Cook County Modernization Report is to provide leaders of the County with ideas for reshaping and refining County government that will improve service delivery to residents...