Citizen's Guide to the Illinois Budget & Tax System
Release: January 29, 2008
The Citizen's Guide to the Illinois Budget and Tax System reviews the technical elements of the Illinois budget and tax system.
Pension Funding and the FY2008 Budget
Release: September 11, 2007
Pension funding and the state's FY2008 General Fund budget.
Illinois Burgeoning Unfunded Liability, More Than a Pension Problem!
Release: September 4, 2007
This Report explains the source of Illinois immense unfunded liability, and how it relates to the state's budget and overall fiscal position.
Analysis of the Fiscal Year 2008 Illinois General Fund Budget Proposal
Release: May 1, 2007
This Report contains CTBA's analysis of the proposed FY2008 General Fund budget, which was introduced by Governor Rod Blagojevich in March of 2007.
The Illinois Pension Funding Problem: Why It Matters
Release: November 20, 2006
An analysis of the five Illinois retirement systems finds that the state's worst-in-the-nation unfunded pension liability has grown by more than $7 billion in just the last two years.