12.29.10
This brief provides an updated compilation of selected consumer taxes, including rates and descriptions, in effect in the City of Chicago on December 1, 2010. It includes such taxes as the sales...
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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...
11.23.10
The City of Chicago contributed $423.9 million to its Municipal, Laborers, Police, and Fire pension funds in fiscal year 2009, an amount equivalent to 13.4% of payroll. If it were following a fiscally reasonable pension funding policy it would have contributed at least 31.2% of payroll—an...
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...
11.10.10
Last week the Civic Federation described the City of Chicago’s structural deficit in our budget analysis and a...
11.03.10
Today the Civic Federation released its analysis of the City of Chicago’s proposed FY2011 budget of nearly $6.2 billion. The Federation has a number of serious...
11.03.10
The Civic Federation opposes the proposed FY2011 City of Chicago budget of nearly $6.2 billion because it does not effectively address the structural deficit and relies too heavily on asset lease...
09.23.10
The Civic Federation often voices concerns when governments use one-time or nonrecurring revenue sources for ongoing expenses. There are a number of reasons this can be problematic. By definition such revenue sources will not be available in the future so if the government utilizes nonrecurring...
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...