05.15.20
This blog post is an update to the Civic Federation’s April 9, 2020 blog post: How COVID-19 is Impacting Chicago’s Criminal Justice System and How Public Safety...
05.15.20
This blog post is an update to the Civic Federation’s April 9, 2020 blog post: How COVID-19 is Impacting Chicago’s Criminal Justice System and How Public Safety...
05.11.20
05.08.20
Revenue estimates presented at the April 29, 2020 meeting of the Cook County...
05.04.20
UPDATE : On May 5, Illinois delayed the planned sale of $1.2 billion of...
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...
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...