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Fiscal Futures

December Illinois Flash Index increased after declining in November

December Illinois Flash Index increased after declining in November

Finding the Balance: State Fiscal Sustainability and Local Government Fiscal Challenges

Finding the Balance: State Fiscal Sustainability and Local Government Fiscal Challenges

April University of Illinois System Flash Index increases for the third month in a row

April University of Illinois System Flash Index increases for the third month in a row

IGPA’s Interim Director David Merriman gives analysis after Gov. Pritzker’s budget address on NPR’s The 21st Show (NPR)

IGPA’s Interim Director David Merriman gives analysis after Gov. Pritzker’s budget address on NPR’s The 21st Show (NPR)

IGPA’s Interim Director David Merriman joins NPR’s The 21st Show to preview Gov. Pritzker’s budget address (NPR)

IGPA’s Interim Director David Merriman joins NPR’s The 21st Show to preview Gov. Pritzker’s budget address (NPR)

Recovering from a COVID (Spending) Fever

Recovering from a COVID (Spending) Fever

Assessing Illinois’ Fiscal Future After an Influx of Federal Funds

Assessing Illinois’ Fiscal Future After an Influx of Federal Funds

Fiscal Futures Project

Fiscal Futures Project

Illinois’ Medicaid Program is Expensive, but Spending Will Be Tough to Cut

Illinois’ Medicaid Program is Expensive, but Spending Will Be Tough to Cut

Illinois’ Medicaid Program is Expensive, but Spending Will Be Tough to Cut (Short Version)

Illinois’ Medicaid Program is Expensive, but Spending Will Be Tough to Cut (Short Version)

How often do graduated and flat rate states change their tax rates?

How often do graduated and flat rate states change their tax rates?

Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 8 (September 14, 2020)

Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 8 (September 14, 2020)

Child care providers’ experiences with the great recession and the state budget crisis, and especially disparities in experiences across communities.

Child care providers’ experiences with the great recession and the state budget crisis, and especially disparities in experiences across communities.

Life at the Edge: Precarity and Economic Insecurity in Illinois and the U.S.

Life at the Edge: Precarity and Economic Insecurity in Illinois and the U.S.

Rethinking Property Taxation

Rethinking Property Taxation

How will limiting cost of living adjustments affect the value of state pensions?

How will limiting cost of living adjustments affect the value of state pensions?

The Illinois state budget: How bad is the picture, and what can you do about it?

The Illinois state budget: How bad is the picture, and what can you do about it?

Illinois’ Fiscal Future and the State’s Economy

Illinois’ Fiscal Future and the State’s Economy

Illinois’ Fiscal Future: Fundamental Issues Facing Illinois

Illinois’ Fiscal Future: Fundamental Issues Facing Illinois