12.14.20
The Civic Federation is examining the fiscal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the State of Illinois and its local governments. The following are blog posts and other items covering various...
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12.19.19
UPDATE: The Cook County Board passed ordinance 20-0658 , imposing a 3% cannabis retailers’ occupation...
08.15.19
A key Illinois Medicaid panel has recommended that the State move away from costly and often ineffective hospital detoxification services to treat opioid addiction....
09.28.17
Illinois Public Act 100-0401 , signed into law on August 25, 2017, will increase the value of the Senior Citizens and General Homestead Exemptions in Cook County starting in Tax Year 2017...
09.17.15
On September 9, 2015, the Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the preliminary budget of the County’s public health system for the...
08.22.14
Unincorporated areas lie outside municipal boundaries. The residents and businesses located in these areas are usually provided municipal services such as police protection and building code enforcement by county government or special districts. Because unincorporated areas may be scattered...
05.15.14
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...
03.27.13
The State of Illinois has asked the federal government to extend Cook County’s Medicaid expansion plan to ensure that recipients remain covered after the end of 2013.
In a letter on March 21, 2013, the Illinois Department...
12.29.11
In 2011 the IIFS blog provided weekly context, information and perspective on key fiscal issues in the State of Illinois. Posts in 2011 focused on analysis of FY2012 Illinois budget negotiations, analysis of the ongoing Illinois pension crisis and timely research on other fiscal issues impacting...
08.18.11
New rulings by the Illinois Department of Revenue have reignited a debate over whether the State’s non-profit hospitals provide adequate charity care to patients in exchange for their property-tax exemptions.
On August 16, 2011 the Department of Revenue denied property tax...