State not paying out on auto accident claims

By Mark Fitton

03/14/2016

Illinois’ budget gridlock has prevented the state from making payments on some 200 auto liability claims worth $560,000.

TAGS: budget

Chicago State University students: Blame CSU administration for your troubles

By Ted Dabrowski

03/11/2016

CSU's bloated administration costs more than $3,600 per student, by far the highest of all Illinois' public colleges and universities. By comparison, the average MAP grant at CSU is $2,600 per student.

TAGS: budget, CSU: Chicago State University

CPS budget breakdown: Where has the money gone?

By John Klingner, Amy Korte

03/01/2016

Unaffordable salaries and pension benefits on top of a structurally unstable retirement system have pushed CPS to the brink of insolvency despite record tax revenues.

TAGS: budget, CPS: Chicago Public Schools, pensions

Illinois’ budget from the inside: A conversation with State Budget Director Tim Nuding

By Donna Arduin

01/13/2016

Donna Arduin is an Illinois Policy Institute senior fellow and a partner at Arduin, Laffer & Moore Econometrics, a group that advises federal, state and municipal leaders, as well as political candidates and private-sector clients, on economic, fiscal and state policies.

TAGS: budget

Illinois to issue $500M in bonds, continues to pay highest borrowing rate of all 50 states

By Ted Dabrowski

01/09/2016

Illinois’ monthslong budget gridlock, $111 billion in government-worker pension debt, and more than a decade of unbalanced budgets have resulted in credit downgrades for Illinois and the highest borrowing costs of any state in the nation.

TAGS: budget

Illinois sitting on upward of $80 million in unpaid lottery winnings, attorney says

By Hilary Gowins

12/04/2015

Amid budget gridlock, Illinois lottery winners sue to have their winnings paid with interest and to prevent the state from selling more tickets it can’t pay out.

TAGS: budget, lottery

Unfinished business: Illinois House ends session without passing balanced budget

By Heather Weiner

12/04/2015

The Illinois House of Representatives concluded its 2015 session without passing a budget, relying instead on piecemeal legislation to resolve policy issues and fill funding gaps.

TAGS: budget

Illinois House approves $3.1 billion deal to pay lottery winners, local governments

By Hilary Gowins

12/03/2015

Amid continued budget gridlock in Springfield, Senate Bill 2039 provides funds to pay Illinois Lottery winners, as well as to allow for road maintenance, 911-center operations and projects by Chicago’s tourism office, among other local government programs.

TAGS: budget, illinois lottery

Same old, same old: New Cook County budget hikes spending, taxes and fees

By Austin Berg

11/25/2015

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle resorted to the same tired formula that has all but bankrupted Chicago.

TAGS: budget, Cook County, fees, taxes

Illinois Lottery sales tank as Democrats block funding for payouts

By Austin Berg

11/24/2015

Ticket sales slumped by more than $20 million in October as lottery players balked at a broken system.

TAGS: budget, illinois lottery, John Cullerton

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State not paying out on auto accident claims

Chicago State University students: Blame CSU administration for your troubles

CPS budget breakdown: Where has the money gone?

Illinois’ budget from the inside: A conversation with State Budget Director Tim Nuding

Illinois to issue $500M in bonds, continues to pay highest borrowing rate of all 50 states

Illinois sitting on upward of $80 million in unpaid lottery winnings, attorney says

Unfinished business: Illinois House ends session without passing balanced budget

Illinois House approves $3.1 billion deal to pay lottery winners, local governments

Same old, same old: New Cook County budget hikes spending, taxes and fees

Illinois Lottery sales tank as Democrats block funding for payouts

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