In an article in PA Times, Rachel Weber talks about the dilemma of choices administrators have when figuring out what to do with aging school buildings. Weber looked further into this issue by…
Robert Bruno, Amanda Kass, and David Merriman rethink the conversation about pensions and the state’s finances. The near ubiquitous claim that Illinois is facing a “pension crisis” has rarely been challenged. The failure to…
Amanda Kass and other officials reacted to Governor Pritzker’s first State Budget Address on WTTW. Though most officials liked Pritzker’s emphasis on righting the wrongs made in the past few years, there is…
Amanda Kass spoke to the host of the “In The Milkweeds” podcast about the pension crisis and where the candidates stand in the Chicago Mayoral Race. Listen here.
A Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association/PolitiFact story assessing claims by Chicago mayoral candidate Paul Vallas that Chicago Public Schools was a financially healthier organization under his leadership includes comments from Amanda Kass, associate director…
A Chicago Sun-Times/Better Government Association/PolitiFact story on Chicago mayoral candidate Bill Daley’s pledge to freeze property taxes includes comments from Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, who…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, is credited among expert sources in a story from the Chicago Sun-Times, PolitiFact Illinois and the Better Government Association that examines…
Michael A. Pagano, Director of the UIC Government Finance Research Center, Dean of the College of Urban Planning and Policy, and Professor of Public Administration co-authored a report with Nathan Arnosti and published…
David Merriman discusses state obligations to monitor tax incremental financing in an article in the PA Times. Merriman states that “TIFs are an appropriate and potentially beneficial tool for economic development in a…
Amanda Kass, Associate Director of the Government Finance Research Center, discusses the importance of the Cook County Democratic Primary for Assessor in the Urban Affairs Forum. Kass states the importance of Assessors to…
