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Chicago Public Schools Amends FY2017 Budget Again but Funding Gap Remains

03.02.17

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) recently adopted its second amended budget of the 2017 fiscal year in an effort to balance its budget and close a $215.2 million hole before its fiscal year ends on June 30, 2017.

Chicago Public Schools adopted a $5.46 billion operating budget in August 2016...

Selected Consumer Taxes in the City of Chicago

02.06.17

Click here to read this issue brief. This annual brief provides a compilation of selected consumer...

New and Modified Chicago Consumer Taxes in 2017

01.05.17

Annually the Civic Federation releases a report on consumer taxes in the City of Chicago. Consumer taxes are charges for the consumption of goods or services and can be charged directly to consumers through retail transactions or passed onto consumers by businesses. This blog highlights the new...