Employee and Retiree Health Care (OPEB)

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Governor Requires State Retirees to Pay for Dental Coverage

As part of his efforts to rein in the State of Illinois budget, Governor Pat Quinn is requiring all state retirees to contribute to the costs of their dental…

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Can state find a fix for pension crisis?

This article, part of an investigatory series about Illinois’ public employee pension crisis, quotes the Civic Federation. The Federation says that part of the problem can be attributed to the changing nature of retirement benefits, which…

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Tip of the Iceberg

Today the Civic Federation released its analysis of Chicago Public Schools’ proposed FY2010 budget. On page 61 of the…

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Governor Puts Off Budget Cuts

Hoping that Illinois lawmakers will agree to an income tax increase later this year, Governor Pat Quinn chose not to make the necessary cuts to work within the budget approved on July 15, 2009 by the General Assembly. At a press conference…

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Civic Federation Supports City Colleges’ FY2010 Budget

Today the Civic Federation released its analysis of the FY2010 City Colleges Tentative Annual Operating Budget,…

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City Colleges of Chicago FY2010 Tentative Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

The Civic Federation supports the $492.1 million City Colleges of Chicago FY2010 budget because it is a prudent spending plan that both holds the District’s property tax levy flat over the next two years and compensates for…

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Taxpayers beware: Game is on this week

In this column, Steve Huntley explores the deadlock in Springfield over the State of Illinois budget. He cites the Civic Federation’s analysis of Governor Quinn’s proposed budget, which advocated state employee pension and health care…

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State of Illinois FY2010 Recommended Operating and Capital Budgets

The Civic Federation's Institute for Illinois' Fiscal Sustainability produced this analysis of the proposed FY2010 Illinois operating and capital budgets. The Civic Federation does not support the proposed operating budget because it…

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Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2007: An Evaluation of Ten Local Government Employee Pension Funds in Cook County

This report provides a trend analysis of indicators that measure the financial health and performance of ten major local government pension funds from 1998 to 2007, the most recent year for which audited data are available. It finds that…

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A Fiscal Roadmap for Creating a Sustainable State Budget: Actionable Recommendations for Governor Pat Quinn and the Illinois General Assembly

The Civic Federation's Institute for Illinois' Fiscal Sustainability produced this guide for addressing the state's FY2010 budget. The roadmap provides an in-depth outline of best practices for a budget that would confront the state's…