Amanda Kass was quoted on in a recent guest essay by Alex Yablon for The New York Times, focusing on the Federal Reserve’s Municipal Liquidity Facility program. Read the full guest essay here.
Amanda Kass says state and local governments need the proposed relief funding being considered in the U.S. Senate. On NPR Illinois, she cites information from her recent Governing article to explain the need…
Governing magazine published a co-authored piece from Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, that addresses the need for more federal aid to state and local governments.
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, joined WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” yesterday to discuss Gov. Pritzker’s request for more federal aid and for state agencies to prepare for…
The New York Times quotes Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, in an article on how the coronavirus recession will erode city budgets across the country. Read the…
GFRC Graduate Research Assistant 50% The Government Finance Research Center (GFRC) is seeking a Graduate Research Assistant for Fall Semester 2020 to work with the Associate Director and Affiliated Faculty on research projects…
GFRC Director Michael Pagano was quoted in a Government Technology article that examines city tax receipts over time. Pagano states “If the Great Recession provides a lesson, it is that it takes years…
Amanda Kass was interviewed by the Voice of San Diego to discuss the city and county’s pension systems, and the impact of the COVID-19 economic downturn on their funding levels. Kass states “It’s…
The Atlantic quotes Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, in an article looking at the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on state and local governments and…
The Chicago Tribune interviews David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, in an article about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s…