Amanda Kass, GFRC Associate Director, was a panelist on WTTW-TV’s “Chicago Tonight” for a segment on the withholding of Illinois state funds from municipalities that short their police and fire pension funds, and…
The Bond Buyer, a national trade newspaper covering the municipal bond industry, reported on UIC’s new Government Finance Research Center, which was announced in April with a $1 million gift from an anonymous donor.…
Professor Bob Chirinko presented a paper, “What Went Wrong? The Puerto Rican Debt Crisis and the ‘Treasury Put'”, at the 2018 Municipal Finance Conference in DC. Full Report here. Brookings has a write up of…
Amanda Kass is the Associate Director of the Government Finance Research Center. As Associate Director she designs, conducts, and manages research in the GFRC’s priority areas. Amanda also works with the faculty and external…
Dean Michael A. Pagano was one of the authors for a report just released by the Brookings Metropolitican Policy Program. It discusses the variations between cities’ revenue sources and budgetary constraints that shape…