Recovering from a COVID (Spending) Fever
March 15, 2023
When the state of Illinois’ 2022 fiscal year ended on June 30, 2022, the state and the nation had endured more than 27 months of
Tag: Fiscal Futures
Assessing Illinois’ Fiscal Future After an Influx of Federal Funds
March 15, 2023
As the U.S. continues to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath, state governments are faced with the challenge of prudent fiscal management considering
Why does Illinois’ Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund have a large deficit?
August 18, 2022
The economic disruption brought about by Covid and stay-at-home orders led to an unprecedented rise in unemployment and extreme fiscal stress on states’ unemployment insurance
Fiscal Futures Project Documentation
November 11, 2016
In most reporting by the Illinois State Comptroller and in most political and public discussion of the Illinois state budget, the concept of General Funds