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The Civic Federation today released Consumer Taxes in Chicago: A Compilation of Selected Taxes in Place in the City of Chicago as of January 1, 2024. This annual report lists and describes selected consumer taxes within the City of Chicago…
In September 2023 the Chicago City Council approved placing a referendum on the March 2024 primary municipal election ballot asking voters to approve a change in the structure of the City’s real estate transfer tax (RETT) from…
The following are summaries of the five most-read posts presented on the Civic Federation’s blog in 2023, listed here in chronological order. The posts examine issues related to Illinois taxes and debt, Tier 2 Benefits, the SAFE-T Act…
The most recent edition of an annual report from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy and the Minnesota Center for Fiscal Excellence compared effective property tax rates across 53 municipalities in all 50 U.S. states. The report…
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With the upcoming implementation of an elected school board to oversee Chicago Public Schools, the governance of CPS will be separated from the City of Chicago. The 21-member elected school…
How should Illinois pay for public transit? This was one of the key questions posed at a recent policy forum on the topic of public transportation in the…
