A Better Government Association/PolitiFact/Chicago Sun-Times story on Illinois Gov. J.B Pritzker’s claims that the state’s pension buyout program could potentially save up to $25 billion, includes comments from Amanda Kass, associate director of…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, is a featured expert in a Crain’s Chicago Business/Better Government Association story on underfunded local pensions in Illinois. Kass notes that…
The 34th annual City Fiscal Condition Report co-authored by GFRC Director and CUPPA Dean Michael Pagano for the National League of Cities is released today. The report documents the analysis of fiscal trends and survey results from over…
In a Chicago Sun-Times article about Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget address, Michael Pagano, dean of the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC,…
Mayor Lori Lightfoot budget address promises to close Chicago’s looming $838 million deficit, as long as she gets help from Illinois lawmakers. Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at…
The Wall Street Journal quotes Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and director of the Government Finance Research Center, in an article looking at how Chicago…
Associate Director Amanda Kass examined the recent recommendations by the Illinois Pension Consolidation Feasibility Task Force in a recent Crain’s Chicago article. The task force was assigned to analyze the possibility of consolidating…
Amanda Kass, associate director of UIC’s Government Finance Research Center, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on Gov. Pritzker’s proposal to consolidate suburban and downstate police and firefighter pension funds. Kass said…
Becker’s Hospital review reported on a new study released by the Government Finance Research Center at UIC that found interest rates on health care municipal bonds significantly decreased due to the Affordable Care…
UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs Dean Michael Pagano was presented with the Aaron Wildavsky Award, a lifetime achievement award, by the Association for Budgeting & Financial Management (ABFM). ABFM promotes advances in budgeting…