Twenty -eight state governments across the federation, that have subscribed to the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), are owing a total of N626.81 billion in ...

A marathon session before the City Council’s Budget and Government Operations Committee on Monday made it clear there is no ...

Melvin CornfieldNovember 2, 2024Cornfield, a graduate of the College, specialized in tax law. He served as tax director at NBC and later at its parent company, and in the later part of his career led ...

The opening salvo in Mayor Brandon Johnson’s third budget cycle was directed clearly and unequivocally at President Donald Trump, but it also carried a pointed message to aldermen. Employing dark ...

A September protest against federal immigration raids in Chicago. Protests can run up police overtime costs, one of myriad ways Immigration and Customs Enforcement and National Guard deployments may ...

With a city that’s $1.15 billion in the hole for the 2026 fiscal year and a mayor who said dismissively (and incorrectly) on Wednesday that “we don’t have a spending problem, we have a revenue problem ...

SPRINGFIELD | Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s "credit card" solution to the state’s budget is coming under fire from outside the Capitol. The Civic Federation, a Chicago-based business and tax policy ...

The breadth of invited attendees at the event organized last week by Gov. JB Pritzker really stood out for me. The event along the Chicago River was designed to publicly warn President Donald Trump ...

The American experiment in democracy faces another stress test as the Pentagon reportedly prepares to deploy military forces to Chicago, a city where violent crime has declined significantly and local ...

Joining us to talk more about this is Joe Ferguson, President of the Civic Federation of Chicago and formerly Chicago's Inspector General. Hundreds of Allegedly Fraudulent Filings Exposed Mom Quietly ...

Illinois state lawmakers did not express willingness Thursday to help Chicago Public Schools close its $734 million budget gap in the coming weeks. Although some lawmakers agree they want to boost ...