05.31.12
This blog post was updated on June 4, 2012 to reflect corrected information.
With just hours to go before a midnight adjournment deadline, the Illinois General Assembly has passed most components of a legislative package designed to eliminate a projected $2.7 billion gap in the...
05.11.12
Faced with the threat of a significant budget gap in FY2013, the Illinois General Assembly has approved legislation that would reduce the State’s bill for retiree health insurance by shifting more of the costs to retirees.
Senate Bill 1313 passed the Senate on May 10, 2012 by a...
05.11.12
With two weeks left to go before the Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn, two budget plans for FY2013 are on the table: Governor Pat Quinn’s recommended budget and an alternative budget framework approved by the Illinois House.
The General Assembly is scheduled to...
05.10.12
On May 2, 2012, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) released a capital budget via a new interactive website . The proposed capital improvement plan (CIP) includes a FY2013 capital budget and a five-year capital plan for FY2013-FY2017. In addition, the plan...
05.03.12
On May 1, 2012, the Civic Federation announced its support for Governor Pat Quinn’s FY2013 budget recommendation based on an analysis by the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability (IIFS), the Federation’s State government research arm.
This marked the first time...
05.01.12
The Civic Federation supports Governor Pat Quinn’s $57.4 billion FY2013 recommended operating budget, because it acknowledges the depth of the State’s financial problems and would put...
04.26.12
A key component of Governor Pat Quinn’s proposal to close the State of Illinois’ $2.7 billion Medicaid funding gap in FY2013 is an increase in the State’s cigarette tax...
04.05.12
The Illinois House has approved a spending plan for FY2013 that would cut the State of Illinois’ expenditures from the level proposed by Governor Pat Quinn and use an additional budget surplus to reduce the State’s backlog of unpaid bills.
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03.29.12
On March 21, 2012, the Illinois House passed House Bill 3810 with a 79 to 25 vote, a bill that would end the Illinois General Assembly Legislative...
03.16.12
Three weeks after Governor Pat Quinn delivered his FY2013 budget address, details on the recommended FY2013 capital budget are still not widely available. In most years, the Governor is required under the...
