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Chicago's Civic Federation has laid out a map to lead Illinois out of the fiscal abyss. The non-partisan government research organization says Illinois’ biggest problem is state government’s failure to pass a budget for going on two years. The Federation...

CIVIC FEDERATION JUN 20, 2014 Reboot Illinois Under Illinois law, the State is required to share a certain portion of state income tax receipts with municipal and county governments in Illinois through the Local Government Distributive Fund (LGDF)...

The Cook County board approves Illinois State Tax Increase Last week’s Cook County Board meeting was a 4 ½ hour ping pong match of words with the Finance Committee of board members discussing and later approving a 1 percent sales tax increase. Out of...

New Illinois governor to order spending freeze Jan 12, 2015 By Karen Pierog 8 hours ago CHICAGO (Reuters) - Illinois’ new governor, Bruce Rauner, took his first shot on Monday at addressing the state’s crippling financial crisis, saying he will order...

The Illinois Supreme Court today struck down a recently passed law designed to fix the nation's worst funded public pension system, putting Illinois lawmakers and the state's new Republican governor back to square one as they try to solve a huge state...