07.22.13
On July 22, 2013, Governor Pat Quinn signed legislation to allow Illinois to expand its Medicaid program under the federal Affordable Care Act beginning in January 2014....
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07.19.13
As described last week in the Civic Federation’s blog , the Chicago City Council recently approved an ordinance changing the City’s tiered parking tax rates to percentage-based rates of 18% on weekends and...
07.19.13
An increase in the cigarette tax increase designed to provide additional funding for the Illinois Medicaid program generated more revenues than expected despite a drop in sales and hoarding of tax stamps prior to the effective date of the tax increase.
As...
07.11.13
On March 8, 2013, Governor Quinn signed HB5547 , which gave home-rule municipalities and counties with populations over 2,000,000 (essentially Chicago and Cook County) the ability to tax parking garages by...
07.10.13
Charged with finding a solution to the State of Illinois’ pension crisis, a legislative conference committee is considering a reform framework proposed by public university presidents.
The central feature of the university...
07.09.13
The Civic Federation supports the City Colleges tentative FY2014 budget totaling $657.0 million for continuing the District’s exemplary work to improve its financial and operational health....
07.05.13
Amidst a flurry of reports on the State of Illinois’ inability to solve its ongoing pension crisis and...
07.03.13
Second installment property tax bills for Cook County residents were mailed out this week, the second year in a row that they have been sent out on time. Between at least tax year 1977 and tax year 2011, second installment bills were sent out late every year...
06.24.13
The FY2014 budget for the State of Illinois approved by the General Assembly has an operating deficit of $89 million, according to documents published in connection with an upcoming State bond sale.
The legislature’s budget...
06.21.13
On June 27, 2013, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle released a report on preliminary budget estimates for fiscal year 2014, which begins on December 1, 2013 and ends November 30, 2014. The report provides an overview of mid-year...