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November 16, 2020
IGPA in the news: Citizen Scientist Rachel Rambach shares her COVID-19 pandemic audio journal entry with NPR Illinois' Community Voices | NPR Illinois
November 12, 2020
IGPA in the news: Education and Learning Working Group member Jennifer Delaney discusses the likelyhood of cuts to higher education in Illinois | Chicago Tribune
November 12, 2020
New University of Illinois at Chicago's Government Finance Research Center report looks at how states are spending Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds |
November 11, 2020
IGPA in the news: Senior Scholar Christopher Mooney discusses Pritzker’s inability to gain enough support to pass the graduated income tax amendment | Chicago Tribune
November 8, 2020
IGPA in the news: Senior Scholar Christopher Mooney discusses programs and people who will feel the brunt of lost federal resulting from undercounts in the U.S. Census | Chicago Sun-Times
November 7, 2020
IGPA in the news: Senior Scholar Brian Gaines explains Illinois voters’ reluctance to vote for the graduated income tax amendment | Alton Daily News
November 6, 2020
IGPA in the news: Fiscal Health Working Group chair David Merriman joins Stateline to discuss his new report on how small businesses in Illinois and neighboring states are faring during the COVID-19 pandemic | NPR Illinois
November 5, 2020
IGPA in the news: Senior Scholar Brian Gaines discusses why messages centering on retirement and small businesses helped to defeat the graduated income tax amendment | The Center Square

IGPA Updates

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November 12, 2020

A new report from the University of Illinois at Chicago's Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) and co-authored by IGPA Fiscal Health of the State Working Group member Amanda Kass looks at how

October 29, 2020

Small businesses in Illinois and bordering states fared similarly through the COVID-19 pandemic, regardless of the timing or duration of stay-at-home orders aimed at slowing the virus, according to

October 7, 2020

The U of I Flash Index in September increased to 95.1 from its 94.6 level in August.

July 21, 2020

IGPA's latest Policy Spotlight examines some of the pros and cons of voting by mail as well as voters’ perceptions of it across the country.