Governing quotes Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs and director of the Government Finance Research Center, in a story on the potentially long financial fallout that…
The Columbus Dispatch interviews Michael Pagano, dean of the UIC College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, in an article about Pagano’s co-authored Brookings Institution report that found many Ohio municipalities among the…
When will your city feel the fiscal impact of COVID-19? It depends on its tax structure and the nature of the local industry. This new piece by Michael Pagano in Brookings explores the…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC and Ph.D candidate at UIC, is among more than 20 academic colleagues from around the world to contribute a short reflection…
The Voice of San Diego interviewed Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, in an article about finance and pension issues that San Diego local governments will face…
Amanda Kass, Associate Director of the Government Finance Research Center, was quoted in a Chicago Tribune article examing the economic influence of the coronavirus on Chicago. Though the impact is still unknown, Kass…
David Merriman, James J. Stukel Presidential Professor in the College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs, is quoted in a Chicago Tribune article on a TIF study for the Lincoln Yards project that…
Prior to Gov. Pritzker’s annual budget address today, Amanda Kass, associate director of the UIC Government Finance Research Center, joined NPR Illinois’ “The 21st” to talk about state of Illinois’ finances one year into the…
Rachel Weber, UIC professor of urban planning and policy, is a featured expert in a WTTW-TV “Chicago Tonight” segment on the first phase of plans by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration to change…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, is quoted in a Bloomberg News story about municipalities selling assets, such as their water and sewer utilities, to private companies…