01.18.19
The Civic Federation recently released its annual Effective Property Tax Rates report , which examines two- and ten-year trends in estimated effective tax rates for residential, commercial and...
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11.30.18
As part of the FY2016 budget approval process during fall of 2015, the City of Chicago for the first time imposed a waste removal fee of $9.50 per month on approximately 600,000 residents already receiving waste removal services provided by City of Chicago employees. Chicago residences receiving...
09.07.18
As part of an ongoing series about local governments in Illinois, this blog post will examine the revenues and expenditures of counties located in Illinois and a comparison of...
04.12.18
On April 5, 2018 the City Colleges of Chicago Board of Trustees unanimously approved Board Resolution 33420 , which changes the tuition rate from a tier-based rate structure to a hybrid tuition rate structure....
10.27.16
This brief, developed by a Civic Federation Task Force, features a number of recommendations on ways the Chicago Public Schools can increase government transparency and accountability, including transparency in meetings, website transparency and budget presentation and format transparency....
09.28.16
The Civic Federation recently released a report that examines unincorporated areas in Cook County. This report builds on an...
09.22.16
This report provides a comprehensive examination of all unincorporated areas in Cook County. It builds extensively on a 2014 report by...
09.16.16
Decisions by two of the largest State of Illinois pension funds to reduce their expected rates of return on investment have garnered headlines , but they were not...
08.19.16
August 24, 2016
UPDATE 3: The State now plans to post the draft waiver application on August 26 and hold public hearings in Springfield on September 8 and Chicago on September 9. For more...