01.03.18
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This annual report compares estimated...
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12.27.17
The following are the five most read blog posts presented by the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability in 2017. These posts discuss issues ranging from Medicaid expansion to the end of Illinois’ historic two-year budget impasse and related legislation.
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12.21.17
The following are the five most read posts presented by the Civic Federation blog in 2017. All five posts examine issues related to property taxes, school funding or both.
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12.14.17
On December 7, 2017, the Motorola Solutions Foundation and the Civic Federation honored the outstanding public service of Arnold Randall, General Superintendent of the Forest Preserve District of Cook County. The annual Motorola Solutions Foundation Excellence in Public Service Award recognizes...
12.12.17
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The Civic Federation opposes CTA's proposed...
12.08.17
The State of Illinois’ sale of $6 billion of bonds in October was expected to help reduce its massive backlog of bills by...
12.07.17
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The Civic Federation supports the Metropolitan...
12.06.17
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The Civic Federation supports the...
12.01.17
Each year the Civic Federation conducts an analysis of the CTA’s annual proposed budget. As part of the analysis, the Civic Federation uses two measures to assess CTA’s productivity over time: labor cost per actual unlinked passenger trip and operating expense per passenger mile....
11.22.17
The Civic Federation annually reviews the budget proposals of major Chicago area governments, including Cook County. A portion of the analysis focuses on a five-year review of each government’s long and short term liabilities, based on the most recent audited financial information available from...