Employee and Retiree Health Care (OPEB)

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DuPage County Proposed FY2012 Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

The Civic Federation supports the DuPage County Proposed FY2012 Financial Plan of $434.7 million. The County is reducing expenditures for the third year in a row while pledging to maintain the existing level of service and keep the…

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State of Illinois Enacted Budget FY2012: A Review of the Operating and Capital Budgets Enacted for the Current Fiscal Year

This report examines the State of Illinois’ operating and capital budgets as enacted for Fiscal Year 2012, which began on July 1, 2011 and ends on June 30, 2012. Despite a major income tax increase implemented in January 2011, the total…

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Total Illinois Budget Deficit Set to Grow in FY2012

Major Tax Increase, Cuts to Appropriations Did Not Fix State’s Finances (CHICAGO) The Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation released its analysis of the enacted FY2012 State budget today. The report found…

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Court Likely to Decide Dispute Over State Employee Health Insurance

In April 2011, State of Illinois officials announced plans to award four new contracts for state employee health insurance to replace existing…

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Civic Federation: Urgent Reforms Needed to Improve Chicago's Financial Stability

The Civic Federation released today a comprehensive set of forty recommendations to improve the City of Chicago’s long-term fiscal condition. The new Federation report includes reforms that can be implemented now and over the next few…

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Recommendations for a Financially Sustainable City of Chicago

The purpose of this report is to provide the City of Chicago’s Mayor and City Council with detailed recommendations on ways to address the City’s serious financial challenges and create a government that is more efficient, less costly and…

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State Retiree Health Insurance Reform Stalls in General Assembly

Although lawmakers have been considering ways to cut the State of Illinois’ costs for state retiree health insurance, the General Assembly adjourned on May 31, 2011 without taking action on the issue. A bill (…

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Thousands of city retirees to see health care premium increase

This article discusses increases to health insurance premiums paid by City of Chicago retirees. The Civic Federation says that the City should create a retiree healthcare trust fund.

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Update on State Retiree Health Insurance: Report Cites Potential Savings

A new report estimates that the State of Illinois could save between $260 million and $300 million in FY2012 by increasing the…

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Illinois ranks dead last in funding worker pensions Crain's Chicago Business

In this blog post, Greg Hinz discusses a Pew Center on the States report that found Illinois is the worst in the nation at funding its pension systems. The Civic Federation says that the news may serve as a signal to lawmakers that they…