The Civic Federation’s Cook County Modernization 100-Day Accountability Report continues the work of our Cook County Modernization Project. This report includes detailed information on the status of all 36 recommendations from the Civic…
After three years of increasing budget deficits, the State of Illinois is expected to see a smaller budget gap at the end of FY2011 because of tax increases and expanded borrowing for operations. The FY2011 year-end deficit is currently…
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton has recently suggested that school districts should begin…
This article discusses public pension issues in the State of Wisconsin. It cites the Civic Federation's estimate of the per capita unfunded liabilities of certain public pension funds in Illinois.
In a roundtable discussion, Civic Federation President Laurence Msall discusses government employee pension reform.
For the second year in a row, the State of Illinois raised funds in the municipal bond market to make its annual pension contributions. On February 23, 2011, the State finalized the sale of $3.7 billion worth of Pension Obligation Bonds (…
This article discusses the Civic Federation's support for Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle's FY2011 proposed budget, based in part on its moves to reduce the size of its operations. It mentions that the Federation has concerns about…
This column by Greg Hinz discusses the intricacies of pension benefits in Illinois and cites the Civic Federation’s “…
Governor Pat Quinn’s proposed FY2012 budget for the State of Illinois features additional borrowing and an overall increase in spending, despite steep spending reductions in the area of human services. The…
