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Working from Home in Illinois: Who Can and Does?
Working from Home in Illinois: Who Can and Does?
Eviction Expectations in the Aftermath of the Pandemic Moratoria
Eviction Expectations in the Aftermath of the Pandemic Moratoria
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Proposals to Decrease Conservation Investments and Food Assistance Programs
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Proposals to Decrease Conservation Investments and Food Assistance Programs
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Conservation Investments of 2022 Inflation Reducation Act
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Conservation Investments of 2022 Inflation Reducation Act
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Explores US Consumer Protein Preferences for Thanksgiving Meals
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Explores US Consumer Protein Preferences for Thanksgiving Meals
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Proposals for Farm Bill 2023
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Proposals for Farm Bill 2023
IGPA’s Hyunil Kim and Liliane Windsor Explore Policy Impact on Child Poverty and Maltreatment
IGPA’s Hyunil Kim and Liliane Windsor Explore Policy Impact on Child Poverty and Maltreatment
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Explores the Relationship Between Farm Bill Programs and Projections for Increasing Reference Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Explores the Relationship Between Farm Bill Programs and Projections for Increasing Reference Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Arguments for Fixed Minimum Crop Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Arguments for Fixed Minimum Crop Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey Responses Regarding Government Spending and Climate Change
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey Responses Regarding Government Spending and Climate Change
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Conservation Programs and Funding
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Conservation Programs and Funding
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Investigates Skirmish Over 2023 Farm Bill in Congress
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Investigates Skirmish Over 2023 Farm Bill in Congress
IGPA’s Jacinda Dariotis Investigates the Benefits of Mindfulness Programs for Minoritized Adolescents
IGPA’s Jacinda Dariotis Investigates the Benefits of Mindfulness Programs for Minoritized Adolescents
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes the Shrinking of the Conservation Stewardship Program
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes the Shrinking of the Conservation Stewardship Program
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Congressional Budget Office Scores in Relation to 2023 Farm Bill
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Congressional Budget Office Scores in Relation to 2023 Farm Bill
Geographic Differences in the Mortality Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Geographic Differences in the Mortality Burden of the COVID-19 Pandemic
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Consumer Perception of Food System Affordability
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Consumer Perception of Food System Affordability
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Explores Whether Base Acres and Reference Prices Increase or Inflate Cash Rents
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Explores Whether Base Acres and Reference Prices Increase or Inflate Cash Rents
What Happened to Illinois’ Open Data Movement?
What Happened to Illinois’ Open Data Movement?
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Reviews the History and Development of Base Acres
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Reviews the History and Development of Base Acres
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Shares Insights on the 2023 Farm Bill’s Base Acre Debate
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Shares Insights on the 2023 Farm Bill’s Base Acre Debate
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Reference Prices and Base Acres With New Thought Experiment
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes Reference Prices and Base Acres With New Thought Experiment
IGPA’s Liliane Windsor Studies the Use of REDCap in a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART)
IGPA’s Liliane Windsor Studies the Use of REDCap in a Sequential Multiple Assignment Randomized Trial (SMART)
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes ARC-CO and PLC Row Crop Payment Programs
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes ARC-CO and PLC Row Crop Payment Programs
Texas’ Movement to Online Court is Sensible, but More Study Should Follow
Texas’ Movement to Online Court is Sensible, but More Study Should Follow
IGPA’s Ruby Mendenhall Discusses the Toll Gun Violence in the U.S. Has on Black Mothers
IGPA’s Ruby Mendenhall Discusses the Toll Gun Violence in the U.S. Has on Black Mothers
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses the Relationship Between Cost of Production and Statutory Reference Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses the Relationship Between Cost of Production and Statutory Reference Prices
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes the Impacts of the Proposed 4% Farmer-Premium Payment Cap
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Analyzes the Impacts of the Proposed 4% Farmer-Premium Payment Cap
IGPA’s Meg Bates Analyzes the Factors Illinois High School Seniors Consider When Choosing a 4-Year College
IGPA’s Meg Bates Analyzes the Factors Illinois High School Seniors Consider When Choosing a 4-Year College
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Farm Program Payment Expectations Versus Farm Bill Budget Rules
IGPA’s Jonathan Coppess Discusses Farm Program Payment Expectations Versus Farm Bill Budget Rules
Addressing Barriers to Homelessness Data in Illinois
Addressing Barriers to Homelessness Data in Illinois
The Impact of COVID on Illinois’ Licensed Child Care Capacity
The Impact of COVID on Illinois’ Licensed Child Care Capacity
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
January U of I Flash Index continued to decline slowly 
January U of I Flash Index continued to decline slowly 
Replenish, Replace, Repair: How Illinois is Using its ARPA Aid
Replenish, Replace, Repair: How Illinois is Using its ARPA Aid
December U of I Flash Index declined slightly 
December U of I Flash Index declined slightly 
November U of I Flash Index remained steady at 103.7 after seven months of decline.
November U of I Flash Index remained steady at 103.7 after seven months of decline.
Race and Eviction During the Pandemic
Race and Eviction During the Pandemic
Why does Illinois’ Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund have a large deficit?
Why does Illinois’ Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund have a large deficit?
Carbon Tax Revenues Can be Used to Help Those Who Lose
Carbon Tax Revenues Can be Used to Help Those Who Lose
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on State Court Proceedings
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on State Court Proceedings
The Earth Isn’t Flat, and Neither is Illinois’ — or Any Other State’s — Income Tax
The Earth Isn’t Flat, and Neither is Illinois’ — or Any Other State’s — Income Tax
The role of state policy in promoting college affordability
The role of state policy in promoting college affordability
Was Illinois Debt Disproportionately Penalized by the Market During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Was Illinois Debt Disproportionately Penalized by the Market During the COVID-19 Pandemic?
Guarding all infants in sleep
Guarding all infants in sleep
Using Fair Housing Planning as a Tool to Address Schooling Inequities
Using Fair Housing Planning as a Tool to Address Schooling Inequities
An Opportunity for Reform: Taxation, Inequality, and Opportunity Zones
An Opportunity for Reform: Taxation, Inequality, and Opportunity Zones
Women’s Housing Precarity During and Beyond COVID-19
Women’s Housing Precarity During and Beyond COVID-19
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)
Support policies that foster a healthy food environment and incentivize healthy food purchases to mitigate cancer inequities
Support policies that foster a healthy food environment and incentivize healthy food purchases to mitigate cancer inequities
Independent Monitor Community Survey Report
Independent Monitor Community Survey Report
Illinois’ Fiscal Challenges: Where are we now and how do we proceed?
Illinois’ Fiscal Challenges: Where are we now and how do we proceed?
Teleophthalmology and the Digital Divide: Inequities Highlighted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Teleophthalmology and the Digital Divide: Inequities Highlighted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tracking Trends in Racial Attitudes
Tracking Trends in Racial Attitudes
The Effect of Eviction Moratoria on the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
The Effect of Eviction Moratoria on the Transmission of SARS-CoV-2
Strengthening Local Government Finances: State and Federal Aid Policies for a  Crisis Era
Strengthening Local Government Finances: State and Federal Aid Policies for a Crisis Era
Mitigating Housing Instability During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Mitigating Housing Instability During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind  Direction
The Mortality and Medical Costs of Air Pollution: Evidence from Changes in Wind Direction
Data Indicate COVID-19 Impact on State Revenue Not as Severe as Feared
Data Indicate COVID-19 Impact on State Revenue Not as Severe as Feared
Geographic and Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Benefits of Reducing Air  Pollution in the United States
Geographic and Socioeconomic Heterogeneity in the Benefits of Reducing Air Pollution in the United States
COVID-19 Insights: UIC School of Public Health’s Social Vulnerability Index
COVID-19 Insights: UIC School of Public Health’s Social Vulnerability Index
The uneven distribution of Medically Underserved Areas in Chicago
The uneven distribution of Medically Underserved Areas in Chicago
U of I Flash Index stalls in November
U of I Flash Index stalls in November
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 10 (December 2, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 10 (December 2, 2020)
An Unfolding Crisis in Satisfaction and Supply of Teachers
An Unfolding Crisis in Satisfaction and Supply of Teachers
Slow To Spend? State Approaches To Allocating Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds
Slow To Spend? State Approaches To Allocating Federal Coronavirus Relief Funds
Interprofessional collaboration associated with frequency of life-saving links to HIV continuum of care services In the urban environment
Interprofessional collaboration associated with frequency of life-saving links to HIV continuum of care services In the urban environment
How often do graduated and flat rate states change their tax rates?
How often do graduated and flat rate states change their tax rates?
Chemical facility risks to natural flooding hazards in the United States
Chemical facility risks to natural flooding hazards in the United States
Ongoing Expert Advice on Pandemic Policies
Ongoing Expert Advice on Pandemic Policies
If you aren’t White, Asian or Indian, you aren’t an engineer
If you aren’t White, Asian or Indian, you aren’t an engineer
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 8 (September 14, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 8 (September 14, 2020)
Classification tree analysis for identifying mediators of intervention effects: Commentary on Linden and Yarnold
Classification tree analysis for identifying mediators of intervention effects: Commentary on Linden and Yarnold
How States Provide Cities with General Revenue: An Analysis of Unrestricted State  Aid
How States Provide Cities with General Revenue: An Analysis of Unrestricted State Aid
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 7 (August 20, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 7 (August 20, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 6 (August 3, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 6 (August 3, 2020)
Social vulnerability and racial inequality in COVID-19 deaths in Chicago
Social vulnerability and racial inequality in COVID-19 deaths in Chicago
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 5 (July 15, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 5 (July 15, 2020)
How Will Illinois’ Push for Mail-In Balloting Affect Voter Confidence in the November 2020 Election?
How Will Illinois’ Push for Mail-In Balloting Affect Voter Confidence in the November 2020 Election?
Pandemic Behind Bars: Containing COVID-19 Outbreaks in Illinois Correctional Settings
Pandemic Behind Bars: Containing COVID-19 Outbreaks in Illinois Correctional Settings
Illinois’s Initial Fiscal Response to the COVID-19 Recession
Illinois’s Initial Fiscal Response to the COVID-19 Recession
Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV Patients in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among HIV Patients in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
The Pathway Project Mapping Tool-Assisting New Researchers in Writing Research Proposals
The Pathway Project Mapping Tool-Assisting New Researchers in Writing Research Proposals
Child care is foundational for economic recovery
Child care is foundational for economic recovery
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 3 (June 16, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 3 (June 16, 2020)
Moving from procedure to practice: a statewide child protection simulation training model
Moving from procedure to practice: a statewide child protection simulation training model
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 2 (June 2, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 2 (June 2, 2020)
What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do? Evidence from the Illinois Workplace  Wellness Study
What Do Workplace Wellness Programs Do? Evidence from the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 1 (May 25, 2020)
Pandemic Stress Indicator: Expert Panel Wave 1 (May 25, 2020)
Children at Risk: Ensuring Child Safety During the Pandemic
Children at Risk: Ensuring Child Safety During the Pandemic
Supporting the Healthcare Workforce in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Supporting the Healthcare Workforce in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Illinois Higher Education Enrollments During Recessions
Illinois Higher Education Enrollments During Recessions
Visualizing Vulnerability and Capturing the Pandemic’s Human Toll
Visualizing Vulnerability and Capturing the Pandemic’s Human Toll
Mobilizing Community and Family Resilience Across Illinois
Mobilizing Community and Family Resilience Across Illinois
What Policymakers Should Know About the Fiscal Impact of COVID-19 on Illinois
What Policymakers Should Know About the Fiscal Impact of COVID-19 on Illinois
U of I Flash Index falls victim to the coronavirus shutdown
U of I Flash Index falls victim to the coronavirus shutdown
Mentoring for preventing and reducing delinquent behavior among youth
Mentoring for preventing and reducing delinquent behavior among youth
Mentoring young African American men and transgender women who have sex with men on sexual health: Formative research for an HIV mHealth intervention for mentors
Mentoring young African American men and transgender women who have sex with men on sexual health: Formative research for an HIV mHealth intervention for mentors
Supporting Volunteerism in Youth Development Programs: Progress and Prospects for Advancing the Knowledge Base
Supporting Volunteerism in Youth Development Programs: Progress and Prospects for Advancing the Knowledge Base
Do local governments use business tax incentives to compensate for high business property taxes?
Do local governments use business tax incentives to compensate for high business property taxes?
Licensed Family Child Care Providers’ Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Greater Benefits and Fewer Burdens in Highly Urban Areas?
Licensed Family Child Care Providers’ Participation in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP): Greater Benefits and Fewer Burdens in Highly Urban Areas?
Environmental Economics: The 50th Anniversary of the Birth of this Field around the First Earth Day
Environmental Economics: The 50th Anniversary of the Birth of this Field around the First Earth Day
Research on the spatial interactions between Chinese municipal government capital financing decisions
Research on the spatial interactions between Chinese municipal government capital financing decisions
Emergency Visits for Thunderstorm-Related Respiratory Illnesses Among Older  Adults
Emergency Visits for Thunderstorm-Related Respiratory Illnesses Among Older Adults
Effects of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health, Health Beliefs, and  Medical Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Effects of a Workplace Wellness Program on Employee Health, Health Beliefs, and Medical Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Police and Fire Pension Funding Challenges in Illinois
Police and Fire Pension Funding Challenges in Illinois
How Motivation Influences Political Decision Making
How Motivation Influences Political Decision Making
The critical role of training in behavioral health
The critical role of training in behavioral health
Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development: Uses, Structures, and Impact
Tax Increment Financing and Economic Development: Uses, Structures, and Impact
The Myth of the Bipartisan National Popular Vote Plan
The Myth of the Bipartisan National Popular Vote Plan
Revenue Implications of Alternative Personal Income Tax Structures in Illinois
Revenue Implications of Alternative Personal Income Tax Structures in Illinois
Influence of Cognitive Empathy on Progressivism
Influence of Cognitive Empathy on Progressivism
Field Supervision Training for a Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to  Treatment (SBIRT) Implementation Project
Field Supervision Training for a Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Implementation Project
The State of Illinois’s Fiscal Challenges and Budget Practices
The State of Illinois’s Fiscal Challenges and Budget Practices
A pension “crisis” mentality won’t help
A pension “crisis” mentality won’t help
Feeding decision-making among first generation Latinas living in non-metropolitan and small metro areas
Feeding decision-making among first generation Latinas living in non-metropolitan and small metro areas
Environmental Policy on the Back of an Envelope: A Cobb-Douglas Model is Not Just a Teaching Tool
Environmental Policy on the Back of an Envelope: A Cobb-Douglas Model is Not Just a Teaching Tool
Who Bears the Economic Burdens of Environmental Regulations?
Who Bears the Economic Burdens of Environmental Regulations?
Child Advocacy Studies (CAST): A National Movement to Improve the  Undergraduate and Graduate Training of Child Protection Professionals
Child Advocacy Studies (CAST): A National Movement to Improve the Undergraduate and Graduate Training of Child Protection Professionals
Linking Social and Emotional Learning Standards to the Social-Emotional Competency Assessment (SECA)
Linking Social and Emotional Learning Standards to the Social-Emotional Competency Assessment (SECA)
Improving tax increment financing (TIF) for economic development
Improving tax increment financing (TIF) for economic development
Using 21st-century cameras to gather full-day/full-week streams of video in preschool classrooms with minimal disruption
Using 21st-century cameras to gather full-day/full-week streams of video in preschool classrooms with minimal disruption
Who owns educational products that are developed with public dollars, and the rights to distribute them?
Who owns educational products that are developed with public dollars, and the rights to distribute them?
City of Chicago Police Department Independent Monitoring Proposal
City of Chicago Police Department Independent Monitoring Proposal
Above Politics: Congress and the Supreme Court in 2017
Above Politics: Congress and the Supreme Court in 2017
Consent Decree Community Engagement
Consent Decree Community Engagement
Does crop insurance impact water use?
Does crop insurance impact water use?
Optimizing a community-engaged multi-level group intervention to reduce  substance use: An application of the multiphase optimization strategy
Optimizing a community-engaged multi-level group intervention to reduce substance use: An application of the multiphase optimization strategy
New Insights Regarding the Reliability and Validity of the CLASS Pre-K, a Measure Being Used in High-Stakes Policy Monitoring of Early Childhood Classroom
New Insights Regarding the Reliability and Validity of the CLASS Pre-K, a Measure Being Used in High-Stakes Policy Monitoring of Early Childhood Classroom
How Can Teachers Best Support Young Children’s Emotional Competence?
How Can Teachers Best Support Young Children’s Emotional Competence?
The use of business property tax incentives in Cook County, Illinois
The use of business property tax incentives in Cook County, Illinois
Rethinking high-stakes use of observational measures of preschool quality
Rethinking high-stakes use of observational measures of preschool quality
No Magic Bullet: Constructing a Roadmap for Illinois Fiscal Sustainability
No Magic Bullet: Constructing a Roadmap for Illinois Fiscal Sustainability
Amending the Amendment Procedures of Article V
Amending the Amendment Procedures of Article V
Subprecedents, 2018, University of Minnesota Law School
Subprecedents, 2018, University of Minnesota Law School
Planning and Financing Infrastructure in the Trump Years: What Can the Administration Learn from Previous Large Infrastructure Programs?
Planning and Financing Infrastructure in the Trump Years: What Can the Administration Learn from Previous Large Infrastructure Programs?
Teaching Empirically Supported Substance Use Interventions in Social Work:  Navigating Instructional Methods and Accreditation Standard
Teaching Empirically Supported Substance Use Interventions in Social Work: Navigating Instructional Methods and Accreditation Standard
Flat is fair: American Public Opinion on Taxes and the Myth of Egalitarianism
Flat is fair: American Public Opinion on Taxes and the Myth of Egalitarianism
From Selma to Ferguson: The Voting Rights Act as a Blueprint for Police Reform
From Selma to Ferguson: The Voting Rights Act as a Blueprint for Police Reform
Family structure and young adult health outcomes
Family structure and young adult health outcomes
Timely Care for Sickle Cell
Timely Care for Sickle Cell
Tools to assess budgetary concerns
Tools to assess budgetary concerns
First you stop digging: Projections of Illinois’ fiscal imbalance and paths to remedy it
First you stop digging: Projections of Illinois’ fiscal imbalance and paths to remedy it
Budget Enforcement Mechanisms
Budget Enforcement Mechanisms
Feasibility and validity of a statistical adjustment to reduce self-report bias of height and weight in wave 1 of the Add  Health study
Feasibility and validity of a statistical adjustment to reduce self-report bias of height and weight in wave 1 of the Add Health study
A Portrait of African American and White Racial Attitudes
A Portrait of African American and White Racial Attitudes
Does global climate change affect air pollution in Illinois?
Does global climate change affect air pollution in Illinois?
Illinois Department of Transportation Quality Engagement Report
Illinois Department of Transportation Quality Engagement Report
Mr. G and The Revolving Door:  Breaking the Readmission Cycle at a Safety-Net Hospital
Mr. G and The Revolving Door: Breaking the Readmission Cycle at a Safety-Net Hospital
Consequences of Inaction
Consequences of Inaction
Gender-related Risk Factors Improve Mortality Predictive Ability of VACS Index Among HIV-infected Women
Gender-related Risk Factors Improve Mortality Predictive Ability of VACS Index Among HIV-infected Women
Improving budgetary practices in Illinois
Improving budgetary practices in Illinois
Racial residential segregation and the housing search process
Racial residential segregation and the housing search process
Wind power: An opportunity for Illinois
Wind power: An opportunity for Illinois
Chicago Area Leadership Development Scan
Chicago Area Leadership Development Scan
Immigration ambivalence in suburbia
Immigration ambivalence in suburbia
Health literacy and parent attitudes about weight control for children
Health literacy and parent attitudes about weight control for children
Efficiency and distributional effects of Illinois gas taxes
Efficiency and distributional effects of Illinois gas taxes
Chicago Earned Income Tax Credit Periodic Payment Pilot: Final Evaluation
Chicago Earned Income Tax Credit Periodic Payment Pilot: Final Evaluation
U.S. Clean Power Plan provides opportunity for significant cuts in state budget deficits
U.S. Clean Power Plan provides opportunity for significant cuts in state budget deficits
Survey of the Greater Chicago Dialogue and Deliberation Community of Practice
Survey of the Greater Chicago Dialogue and Deliberation Community of Practice
Broad interests, narrow interests, and the politics of the budgetary process
Broad interests, narrow interests, and the politics of the budgetary process
Interactions among multiple partial budget solutions
Interactions among multiple partial budget solutions
Public opinion and political viability of budget tools
Public opinion and political viability of budget tools
Foreclosing on community
Foreclosing on community
Cap-and-Trade for Illinois?
Cap-and-Trade for Illinois?
Business taxes
Business taxes
Increasing the cigarette tax
Increasing the cigarette tax
Overview of the economic and fiscal situation in Illinois
Overview of the economic and fiscal situation in Illinois
Competing goals of budget reforms
Competing goals of budget reforms
A permit trading program for carbon dioxide (Cap and Trade)
A permit trading program for carbon dioxide (Cap and Trade)
Is it possible to make “easy” cuts to human services spending by attacking waste, fraud, and abuse?
Is it possible to make “easy” cuts to human services spending by attacking waste, fraud, and abuse?
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.
Illinois Still Has Serious Fiscal Problems after December 2013 Pension Law Changes
Illinois Still Has Serious Fiscal Problems after December 2013 Pension Law Changes
Temporary taxes
Temporary taxes
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #5
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #5
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #4
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #4
Six simple steps
Six simple steps
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #2
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #2
Differential response to child abuse and neglect in Illinois
Differential response to child abuse and neglect in Illinois
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.
Revisiting redistricting
Revisiting redistricting
Public Policies to Increase Hospital Competition, Improve Quality of Inpatient Care and Lower Health Care Costs
Public Policies to Increase Hospital Competition, Improve Quality of Inpatient Care and Lower Health Care Costs
Rethinking Property Taxation
Rethinking Property Taxation
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #1
Chicago Area Study 2012 Research Brief #1
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?
Through a Dark Glass: Illinois’ Budget Picture is Dire and Distorted
Through a Dark Glass: Illinois’ Budget Picture is Dire and Distorted
Titanic and Sinking: The Illinois Budget Disaster
Titanic and Sinking: The Illinois Budget Disaster
Moving or Moving Up?: Understanding Residential Mobility for Housing Choice Voucher Families in Illinois
Moving or Moving Up?: Understanding Residential Mobility for Housing Choice Voucher Families in Illinois
Some implications of the 2008 election: Three brief observations
Some implications of the 2008 election: Three brief observations
Illinois’ Fiscal Future: Fundamental Issues Facing Illinois
Illinois’ Fiscal Future: Fundamental Issues Facing Illinois
Illinois Report 2013
Illinois Report 2013

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