A Crain’s Chicago Business/Better Government Association story on the burden suburban Cook County residents face when property taxes rise and home values collapse includes comments from Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College…
Rebecca Hendrick was quoted in a Fox News story that details how the state of Illinois hired a debt collection agency to collect unpaid traffic tickets- some from as far back as the…
A state law that went into effect in 2016 allows local police and fire pension boards to request the Illinois Comptroller’s office to intercept funds and redirect those monies to the pension systems…
David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and with the University of Illinois’ Institute of Government and Public Affairs, is quoted in a…
PA Times, the news outlet of the American Society for Public Administration, published an essay by Joshua Drucker, UIC Department of Urban Planning and Policy associate professor, who examines the use of innovation…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, is the author of the inaugural piece for Crain’s Forum, a year-long series from Crain’s Chicago Business that aims to address various…
In a Crain’s Chicago Business series covering the first 100 days of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, writes that the city and developers should use…
Bob Chirinko was quoted in a June 12th article on Puerto Rico appearing in the Bond Buyer (the daily newsletter for the municipal bond market) concerning the recent agreement on reducing pension payments. The Puerto Rico Oversight…
The Daily Line talked with Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, about the budget issues that Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot will inherit and Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s fiscal…
A FOX 32-Better Government Association investigative report examining the local government of west suburban Lyons and the town’s mayor Chris Getty includes comments from Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy,…