12.19.19
UPDATE: The Cook County Board passed ordinance 20-0658 , imposing a 3% cannabis retailers’ occupation...
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12.04.19
A recent report shows that Illinois’ statutorily required contributions to its five pension funds are expected to total $9.8 billion in the upcoming fiscal year. How much of the State’s budget will be...
11.08.19
For more than a decade, the Civic Federation has strongly supported consolidation of hundreds of police and fire department pension funds across Illinois to improve...
09.27.19
Supporters of a graduated income tax have emphasized its potential to stabilize the State of Illinois’ shaky finances and reduce pressure on local property taxes. However, like the previous income tax...
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....
08.01.19
In an earlier blog post , the Civic Federation analyzed the FY2020 budget enacted by the General Assembly. At the time, the State had not yet released a summary of appropriated...
07.18.19
A new pension buyout plan designed to save hundreds of millions of dollars for the State of Illinois in the fiscal year that just ended actually generated relatively minor savings in FY2019 and does not appear likely to...
07.03.19
Amid the frenzied activity at the end of the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session, a little-noticed tax on health insurers is expected to have a major impact on the State’s...
06.07.19
In a flurry of activity at the end of its spring session, the Illinois General Assembly passed a $40 billion operating budget, approved significant tax increases and authorized the State’s first major construction program in a decade, financed partly by an expansion of gambling.
With so...
05.23.19
Governor J.B. Pritzker’s FY2020 budget features an array of revenue-raising proposals, such as...