03.21.19
A Civic Federation blog post last week raised questions about the revenue estimate attached to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s...
03.21.19
A Civic Federation blog post last week raised questions about the revenue estimate attached to Governor J.B. Pritzker’s...
03.14.19
Updated March 20, 2019
For additional analysis, please see our March 21 blog post .
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Making good on a...
03.01.19
Governor J.B. Pritzker’s first budget proposal for the State of Illinois faced major challenges, including an operating deficit that the new administration estimated at $3.2 billion...
02.27.19
The following is an infographic-style primer intended to concisely and accessibly present the most important information and data on the Illinois pension crisis. The series explores the history...
02.12.19
Nearly two years after it was filed in the Illinois General Assembly, a bill making it easier for the State to sell the James R. Thompson Center has finally landed on the Governor’s desk.
In the meantime, one session of the legislature has ended and a new one has begun. Governor Bruce...
02.08.19
During this decade of financial difficulties, the State of Illinois’ backlog of unpaid bills has become an important indicator of its fiscal condition, relied on by policymakers, rating agencies, taxpayers and journalists. Now two different ways of measuring the backlog have begun to diverge....
01.11.19
A new study by a state commission in Pennsylvania compares the investment expenses paid by large public pension funds. Although such comparisons are difficult because of vast reporting...
12.19.18
The following are the five most read blog posts presented by the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability in 2018 in chronological order. These posts discuss issues ranging from capital funding to pension obligation bonds.
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11.20.18
When the State of Illinois enacted its budget for the current fiscal year in June 2018, it had a narrow surplus on paper of about $14 million. But a...