The 97th Illinois General Assembly’s closing session ended on January 9, 2013, leaving many questions unresolved about the State’s current budget year and fiscal sustainability in the face of its…
A pension reform proposal introduced in the Illinois General Assembly late last year could immediately reduce the State’s required annual contributions by nearly $2 billion, according to recent actuarial reports. As discussed…
At a press conference on January 3, the Civic Federation joined with a group of other civic organizations including the Better Government Association, the Metropolitan Planning Council and the Chicago Urban League to urge the Illinois…
Throughout this year’s Illinois budget negotiations, the IIFS blog was a valuable source of information and focus in the State’s murky and complex budget process. This year’s negotiations included a groundbreaking effort to address the…
This blog has previously addressed unfunded costs in the State of Illinois’ FY2013 budget, including costs relating to Medicaid and employee and…
If the U.S. Congress is unable to agree to an alternative to the automatic $491 billion in combined tax increases and spending cuts set to take place in January 2013,…
On the final day of the General Assembly’s fall veto session, a bipartisan group of State legislators unveiled a new pension reform proposal designed to help resolve the State’s pension crisis. Governor Pat Quinn has…
UPDATE: House Bill 6253, which would lift the Illinois moratorium on Medicaid expansion for…
The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability released a new report today that provides an overview of the condition and funding of Illinois infrastructure. As discussed in…
This report provides an overview of the condition and funding of Illinois infrastructure based on a compilation of various needs assessments from public agencies that manage infrastructure in the State including the Illinois State Toll…
