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Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Chicago, Illinois ·The Center for Tax and Budget Accountability was formed in 2000 to be a bipartisan, nonprofit research, and advocacy think tank that works across ideological lines to promote social and economic justice for everyone, from traditionally disadvantaged populations to the middle-class.
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Fiscal Policy Center at Voices for Illinois Children
Chicago, Illinois ·The Fiscal Policy Center provides timely, credible, and accessible information and analysis on state budget and tax policy – including impacts on education, health care, human services, and family economic security.
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Illinois Network publications
Race in the Heartland: Equity, Opportunity, and Public Policy in the Midwest
- October 10, 2019
- Iowa Policy Project
- Colin Gordon
A half-century removed from the high-tide of the civil rights movement, progress on racial equity has slowed or stalled on many fronts. Nowhere is this more starkly evident than in the […]
The Cost of a Two-Year Property Tax Freeze For Illinois Schools: Up to $830 Million
- June 23, 2017
- Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
Fact Sheet: Paid Sick Leave Helps Working Parents and Their Families
Take-Up Rates for Driver’s Licenses: When Unauthorized Immigrants Can Get a License, How Many Do?
- January 31, 2017
- Fiscal Policy Institute
- David Dyssegaard Kallick, and Cyierra Roldan
How many unauthorized immigrants actually get licenses when driver’s license policies are expanded to allow them to apply? The Fiscal Policy Institute looks at the experience of five states and […]
High Road WIOA: Building Higher Job Quality into Workforce Development
- December 17, 2015
- Keystone Research Center
- Stephen Herzenberg
In response to the federal Workforce Investment and Opportunity Act (WIOA), most states are now in the latter stages of developing federally required plans and policies for operating their systems […]
Issue Brief: Expanding the Base of Illinois’ Sales Tax to Consumer Services
- May 20, 2015
- Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
This report identifies why expanding the base of the state sales tax to include consumer services—like pet grooming, haircuts, country club membership, health clubs, and lawn care—would simultaneously help to stabilize […]
Issue Brief: Tax Relief from the Phase-down of the Personal Income Tax Disproportionately Goes to Illinois’ Wealthiest
- February 17, 2015
- Center for Tax and Budget Accountability
A Stronger Illinois Series
- January 1, 2015
- Fiscal Policy Center at Voices for Illinois Children
Issue Brief, Disparities in Access to Preschool in Illinois: Overview of Key Findings
- August 1, 2014
- Fiscal Policy Center at Voices for Illinois Children