04.30.20
A Commission of the Illinois Supreme Court tasked with making recommendations for comprehensive pretrial reform in Illinois released its final report earlier this month. The Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Pretrial...
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04.24.20
The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a severe blow to Chicago’s hospitality industry. Conventions have been cancelled, dine-in restaurants have closed, airport traffic has plunged and sporting events have been cancelled. As of early April, the City had experienced the loss of over 20 conventions...
04.17.20
As discussed in a previous blog post , the unprecedented public health emergency brought on by coronavirus has led local governments in Illinois to enact...
04.15.20
The $2.2 trillion economic relief legislation passed by Congress in late March contains significant new funding for States and large local governments. Exactly how the money will be split appears to have caused...
04.13.20
Like most states that levy income taxes, Illinois has followed the federal government in extending the...
04.10.20
The spread of the COVID-19 virus and the measures put in place to reduce the transmission of the virus have forced states and localities across the...
04.09.20
The coronavirus pandemic has had a significant impact on all sectors, including the criminal justice system. How are the public safety agencies in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois responding to the public health emergency?
Cook County JailOn March 9, the day Illinois Governor JB...
04.03.20
States are currently facing monumental fiscal challenges posed by the economic and revenue impacts of the coronavirus pandemic. However, their ability to use fiscal policies to address these challenges is quite limited due to structural and capacity issues. Only the federal government has the...
03.27.20
This blog post presents information about the different types of individual income taxes imposed by state governments in the United States.
In 2020 forty-one states levied individual income taxes. States currently use flat rate or graduated rate models for their individual income tax...
03.24.20