Budget Reform Panel Issues Report and Recommendations
The State of Illinois’ new commission tasked with improving the State’s budget process recently…
The State of Illinois’ new commission tasked with improving the State’s budget process recently…
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…
Faced with mounting pension costs, the State of Illinois and a number of other states are considering moving away from traditional pension plans.…
The State of Illinois will take public testimony this week on the goals, priorities and performance measures that are being developed as part of an ongoing effort to reform the State’s annual budget process. As previously described…
The Illinois General Assembly’s Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability (COGFA) began holding public hearings on October 5, 2011 on Governor Quinn’s…
Entering the third year of the Illinois Jobs Now! capital program, the State’s capital revenue sources are still well below the anticipated debt coverage needed to pay for the more than $16 billion in bond funded projects already approved…
This report examines the State of Illinois’ operating and capital budgets as enacted for Fiscal Year 2012, which began on July 1, 2011 and ends on June 30, 2012. Despite a major income tax increase implemented in January 2011, the total…
The Illinois State Comptroller’s Office recently issued its annual report on tax expenditures. The report is published pursuant…
The Civic Federation urges the General Assembly to establish clear standards of eligibility on property tax exemptions for charitable organizations. We are concerned that many organizations are uncertain about their property tax…
Largely due to the income tax increase that took effect in January 2011, the State of Illinois’ operating deficit is expected to shrink from $3.9 billion in FY2011 to $454 million in FY2012. However, as…