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Chicago Public Schools FY2020 Proposed Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

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How Chicago Public Schools Could Lose out on Future State Funding Increases

This year is the third year that Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will receive funding from the State of Illinois through the statewide Evidence-Based Funding formula that was signed into State law in August 2017. The CPS 2020 fiscal year runs…

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City Colleges budget gets nod from Civic Fed

This article covered the Civic Federation’s analysis of the City Colleges of Chicago FY2020 Tentative Budget. The Federation supported the $447.5 million proposal, but had severe…

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Civic Federation Supports City Colleges FY2020 Budget but has Concerns about Long-Term Fiscal Stability

(CHICAGO) In an analysis released today, the Civic Federation announced its support of the City Colleges of Chicago’s proposed FY2020 operating budget as a one-year plan for the District—while expressing concerns about the District’s long-…

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City Colleges of Chicago FY2020 Tentative Budget: Analysis and Recommendations

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Illinois’ Pension Buyout Savings Far Less than Expected

A new pension buyout plan designed to save hundreds of millions of dollars for the State of Illinois in the fiscal year that just ended actually generated relatively…

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Cook County’s Newly Formed Independent Revenue Forecasting Commission Holds First Meeting

A Commission created to analyze an annual five-year forecast of Cook County revenues held its…

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New Illinois Health Insurer Tax to Generate $1.1 Billion in Federal Revenues

Amid the frenzied activity at the end of the Illinois General Assembly’s spring session, a little-noticed tax on health…

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Medicaid 101: How $477 Million Turns into $1.2 Billion

Governor J.B. Pritzker’s FY2020 budget features an array of revenue-raising proposals, such as…

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Civic Federation Supports Governor Pritzker's Proposed FY2020 Budget as Workable Short-Term Plan, But Expresses Several Strong Concerns

(CHICAGO) – In a report released today, the Institute for Illinois’ Fiscal Sustainability at the Civic Federation announced its support for Governor Pritzker’s recommended FY2020 budget, because it represents a workable short-term plan to…