General Assembly to Consider Budget-Related Bills in Veto Session
The Illinois General Assembly is expected to take up a host of budget-related bills during its veto session, which opened on October 25, 2011. During the veto session, the…
The Illinois General Assembly is expected to take up a host of budget-related bills during its veto session, which opened on October 25, 2011. During the veto session, the…
Last week the Civic Federation released its analysis of DuPage County’s $434.7 million FY2012 budget proposal. The…
In his latest column, Greg Hinz compares City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s City budget dealings with those of his predecessor, Richard M. Daley. Mr. Hinz mentions that the Civic Federation has backed some of Mayor Emanuel’s harder…
This article profiles the tensions arising between the Chicago Transit Authority and its labor unions from the CTA’s moves to fill its projected FY2012 budget deficit partially via work-rules changes. The Civic Federation says the CTA is…
City of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s budgetary plans for the City are the focus of this article. The Civic Federation says that the City’s debt obligations do not allow much budgetary wiggle room in the latest City budget. The Federation…
This article discusses the Civic Federation’s analysis of DuPage County’s FY2012 budget proposal. The…
This news segment discusses the Civic Federation’s support for DuPage County’s FY2012 budget proposal. The…
Civic Federation Encourages County to Fully Implement Planning Policies (CHICAGO) The Civic Federation supports the proposed $434.7 million DuPage County budget for FY2012 because it cuts spending for the third year in a row while holding…
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…
Faced with mounting pension costs, the State of Illinois and a number of other states are considering moving away from traditional pension plans.…