The Civic Federation today released a position paper calling on the Illinois General Assembly to pursue foundational structural reform of Northeastern Illinois’ mass transit systems—the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA), Metra, Pace…
With Northeastern Illinois’ transit agencies facing an estimated $730 million fiscal cliff in FY2026, the Civic Federation calls on the Illinois General Assembly to consolidate the Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago Transit…
Click here to read the full report.Click here to read the press release. UPDATE: Legislation sponsored by State Senator Ram Villivalam and Representative Eva-Dina Delgado to consolidate the Regional Transportation…
The new joint report finds the County’s early implementation of the Pretrial Fairness Act has been mostly smooth due to advance preparation and prior reforms. Initial data show that since the Act took effect, there has been a decrease in…
The Civic Federation and the League of Women Voters of Cook County today released a report analyzing Cook County’s implementation of Illinois’ new pretrial law, known informally as the Pretrial Fairness Act, during the first six…
Click here to read the full report.Click here to read the press release for this report.Executive Summary As the first state in the country to completely outlaw the use of cash bail, all eyes are on Illinois to see how…
The Cook County Board of Commissioners approved the final FY2024 Cook County budget on Thursday, Nov. 16 for the fiscal year beginning on December 1. The most significant change from the proposed version of the budget was the addition of a…
Click here to read the full report.Click here to view the landing page for this analysis.CHICAGO – In a report released today, the Civic Federation expressed its support for the proposed Cook County FY2024 budget of $9.1…
Click here to read the full report.Click here to read the press release for this analysis. EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThe Civic Federation supports the Cook County FY2024 Executive Budget Recommendation of $9.1 billion. It…
