State & County Budget Analysis

       Analysis & Reports

            Citizen's Guide to the Illinois Budget & Tax System

            A Primer on the Illinois Fiscal System & State Budget Pressures

            January 2008

            Citizen's Guide to the Illinois Budget and Tax System reviews the technical elements of the Illinois budget and tax system. 

            It provides in-depth analysis of historical spending and revenue trends, major budget pressures, deficit spending, bonds and debt,

            pensions and how the state shares revenue with local governments. 

 

            With almost 50 tables and charts, the Citizen's Guide details the technical elements of the budget process, revenue system and

            challenges the state faces in clear terms.

           

            Cook County's Revenue System is Structurally Unable to Support the Public Services it Provides

            Executive Summary

            September 2007

            The report analyzes the basic public services Cook County provides and the revenue sources that fund them.  The report also examines the Cook

            County fiscal system to determine whether it has the ability to fund and sustain the level of public services it currently provides.

 

            Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2008 Final Budget

            February 2008

           

       

            Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2008 Illinois General Fund Budget Proposal

            May 2007

 

                     

            Analysis of the Governor's Vetoes & What They Mean for Programs Across Illinois

            September 2007

 

            View All Projects Vetoed

            View All Projects Reduced in Funding

 

            VETOES BY CATEGORY:

            Health Care

            Human Services

            Education

            Public Safety

            Local Government Projects and Infrastructure

            Parks

            State Government Agencies

            Economic Development and Job Training

 

            Comparison of HB/SB 750 and the Gross Receipts Tax proposal

 

            Analysis of the Illinois FY 2007 Budget Proposal

            Analysis shows forecasts of combined state and local revenue underperforms inflation by $53 million, the proposed FY 2007 budget has projected   

            expenditures that exceed projected revenue by $550 million and at least $3.1 billion of proposed expenditures on public services in the FY 2007 budget

            will be paid for with debt.

 

            Fiscal Year 2005 – 2006 Illinois Budget Comparison

 

            Analysis of the Illinois FY 2005 Enacted Budget

   

            Illinois FY 2005 State Budget Deficit

 

            Analysis of the FY 2004 Enacted Budget

 

            Illinois Has Cut Real Spending on All Services Except Health Care, Pensions and Education Since 1995