10.04.07
This report compares property tax rates in selected communities around metropolitan Chicago, and finds that effective rates for commercial property in Chicago declined by nearly 50 percent between...
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09.18.06
This report examines trends in expenditures, revenues, fund balance, personnel, and long-term debt for 1099 local governments in Cook, Lake, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, and Will counties. It includes...
08.14.06
This report compares property tax rates in selected communities around metropolitan Chicago, and finds that the effective rate for most communities studied fell between 1999 and 2004.
06.12.06
This report provides estimates of the total market value of real property in Cook County from 1995-2004 and shows how property value is spread among the City of Chicago, the northern and the...
05.04.06
The Civic Federation praised the Illinois General Assembly for voting to eliminate the Suburban Cook County Tuberculosis Sanitarium District, and celebrated the end of a 3-year campaign to abolish...
02.13.06
This report reviews best practices in the composition of public pension boards of trustees nationwide, and makes recommendations on improvements to pension boards in Illinois.
02.09.06
This issue brief provides a "plain English" description of how GASB 43 and 45 will require government financial reporting on non-pension post-employment benefits (OPEB). It is illustrated with...
09.18.05
This report compares total property tax bills in selected communities in metropolitan Chicago, and finds that the effective rate for most communities studied fell between 1999 and 2003.
08.01.04
This issue brief provides a "plain English" description of how GASB 34 has increased transparency in government financial reporting. It is illustrated with examples from the City of Chicago's...
04.13.04
The Civic Federation supported some of the resolutions before the Northeastern Illinois Regional Transportation Task Force. It urged the Task Force to consider the criteria of sound fiscal policy...