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Cook County Health Warns of “Unsustainable” Growth in Unpaid Care

Cook County’s public health system has sounded an alarm about the increasing cost of services for which it does not receive reimbursement, saying that Cook County Health will not be able to fulfill its…

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Medicaid Panel Urges Review of Hospital Detox Services for Opioid Addiction

A key Illinois Medicaid panel has recommended that the State move away from costly and often ineffective…

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Cook County’s Newly Formed Independent Revenue Forecasting Commission Holds First Meeting

A Commission created to analyze an annual five-year forecast of Cook County revenues held its…

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New Bond Court Report and Data Provide Answers, Raise More Questions

The Cook County Chief Judge’s Office recently released a report and…

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The Final 2018 Cook County Equalization Factor is 2.9109

The Illinois Department of Revenue recently announced that the final equalization factor for the Cook County…

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Metropolitan Water Reclamation District and Cook County Approve Intergovernmental Agreement for Inspector General

After several years of study and discussions, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) approved an intergovernmental agreement with Cook County for the MWRD to share services of the Cook County Office of the…

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Civic Federation Unable to Support Assessor Kaegi’s Mandatory Disclosure Legislation, Urges Implementation of Robust Voluntary System First

The Civic Federation supports Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi’s goals of a more accurate and transparent assessment system, as well as his goal of getting assessments right the first time, which will reduce the cost of appeals to…

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Ten-Year Trend Shows Increase in Effective Property Tax Rates for Cook County Communities

The Civic Federation recently released its annual Effective Property Tax Rates report, which examines two- and ten-year trends in estimated…

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Estimated Effective Property Tax Rates 2007-2016: Selected Municipalities in Northeastern Illinois

Click here to read the full report.…

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Civic Federation 2019 Legislative Priorities

2019 Civic Federation Legislative PrioritiesThe Civic Federation's legislative priorities for 2019 …