11.08.18
2019 Civic Federation Legislative Priorities The Civic Federation's...
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07.01.16
After a yearlong stalemate, the State of Illinois finally saw a crack in its ongoing budget impasse on the last day of the fiscal year. The General Assembly rushed approval of bills authorizing a full year of preschool through high school education funding, including additional assistance for...
04.14.16
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 country gathered to discuss the choices states have made with...
11.11.11
The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2012 include public pension reform, requiring the State of Illinois to develop and implement a capital improvement plan, dissolving the Illinois...
03.17.11
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has recently suggested that school districts should begin contributing a larger share of the employer contribution to the...
12.09.10
UPDATE: The Civic Federation commends Governor Pat Quinn for signing...
12.02.10
UPDATE: The Civic Federation commends Governor Pat Quinn for signing Senate Bill 3538 , a bill reforming police and fire pensions in Illinois, on...
11.11.10
The Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2011 include public pension reform, requiring state government to develop and implement a capital improvement plan, the dissolving of the Illinois...
08.24.10
The following letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune from Civic Federation President Laurence Msall was published on August 24, 2010.
As a non-partisan, independent government research organization, the Civic Federation applauds R. Eden Martin, the Commercial Club and the Chicago...
03.30.10
The Civic Federation supports the Illinois General Assembly’s first steps toward comprehensive public pension reform in Illinois and urges state leaders to implement further reforms. On...