Government Budgets

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The State of Illinois Infrastructure

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…

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GASB 54 Reporting Changes for Fund Balance Evident with Chicago Park District

The Chicago Park District recently released its $410.9 million spending plan for FY2013. The District had identified a $16.0 million budget gap,…

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Civic Federation Supports FY2013 Forest Preserve District Budget: Negative Long-term Trends Include Significant Decline in Pension Funding

In a report released today, the Civic Federation supports the $190.3 million proposed FY2013 Forest Preserve District of Cook County budget for its discipline in identifying non-tax revenue sources as an alternative to increasing the…

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Forest Preserve District of Cook County FY2013 Budget Analysis

The Civic Federation supports the Forest Preserve District of Cook County’s FY2013 proposed $190.3 million budget for its discipline in identifying non-tax revenue sources to hold the property tax levy flat for the fourth year in a row…

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State Budget Reform Group Takes Aim at Mandates

In its second annual report issued earlier this month, the Illinois…

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City of Chicago Pensions See Continued Decline

As highlighted in the Civic Federation’s analysis of the proposed FY2013 City of Chicago budget and discussed in last week’s…

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Civic Federation approves of city’s 2013 budget

This article covers the Civic Federation’s analysis and support of the City of Chicago FY2013 Proposed Budget. Actions to close a $298 million budget gap reflect better…

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Civic Federation Supports City's FY2013 Proposed Budget

On October 31, 2012, the Civic Federation released its analysis of the City of Chicago’s…

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Chicago Budget Continues Much-Needed Restructuring of City Government: Civic Federation urges immediate work with unions, State legislators on pensions

In a report released today, the Civic Federation announced its support for the City of Chicago’s proposed $6.5 billion FY2013 budget which reduces the City’s reliance on one-time revenue sources while restructuring City government through…

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City of Chicago FY2013 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

The Civic Federation supports the City of Chicago’s FY2013 proposed $6.5 billion budget which reduces the City’s reliance on one-time revenue sources while restructuring City government through better managing personnel expenditures.…