City Hall’s pension spiral worsens
This article covers the Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2011 report released by the Civic Federation May 21. The annual report examining ten…
This article covers the Status of Local Pension Funding Fiscal Year 2011 report released by the Civic Federation May 21. The annual report examining ten…
This week the Civic Federation released its annual Status of Local Pension Funding report. The purpose of this report is to compile and analyze basic…
Chicago-area public employee pension funding levels dropped significantly in FY2011, with unfunded liabilities for the ten funds analyzed rising to $32.0 billion from $27.4 billion in FY2010, an increase of 16.7% according to the most…
(CHICAGO) A Civic Federation report released today examines the continued funding decline of Chicago-area public employee pension funds. Unfunded liabilities for the ten funds analyzed in the report increased to $32.0 billion in fiscal…
This segment discusses an internet gambling proposal sponsored by Senate President John Cullerton. The Civic Federation maintains its…
This article discusses the State of Illinois FY2014 Recommended Budget Analysis released May 13 by the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation. The analysis…
(The full content of this article is only available to the publication’s subscribers.) This article discusses the State of Illinois FY2014 Recommended Budget Analysis released May 13 by…
The Civic Federation supports Governor Pat Quinn’s $62.4 billion FY2014 recommended operating budget for balancing revenues and expenditures without borrowing and making progress toward reducing the State’s backlog of unpaid bills. However…
State's pension costs to consume nearly 25% of State-source revenues in FY2014 (CHICAGO) – In a new report released today, the Civic Federation’s Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability supports Governor Quinn’s proposed budget for…
A union-backed pension reform proposal sponsored by Senate President John Cullerton was passed by the Senate on May 9, 2013 by a vote of 40 to 16. Senate President Cullerton believes that…