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
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 Reduced in Funding
VETOES BY CATEGORY:
Local Government Projects and Infrastructure
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