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State Budget Sources
An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses

Illinois

This information is an updated excerpt from State Budget Sources: An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses, a resource published by the Volcker Alliance designed to help public officials, policy advocates, journalists, academics, and concerned citizens fully understand the critical fiscal decisions that governors and legislators must make. The guide includes links to budgets for this state as well as legislative analyses of budget bills and treasurers’ or comptrollers’ monthly state cash-flow statements; capital spending plans; reports on public-worker pension funding and returns; and reports by local and national fiscal research organizations, bond rating firms, and associations of state fiscal and finance officials.

Executive and Other Constitutional Finance Offices

Governor’s Office

https://www.illinois.gov/gov

Governor’s Office: 2018 budget address

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bruce-rauner-budget-address-text/

Office of Management and Budget

Current and past budget documents, economic and performance information, and debt management.
https://www.illinois.gov/gov/budget/Pages/AboutUs.aspx

Office of Management and Budget: Budget Books

http://www.illinois.gov/gov/budget/Pages/BudgetBooks.aspx

Office of Management and Budget: Economic and Fiscal Policy Reports

http://www.illinois.gov/gov/budget/Pages/PolicyReports.aspx

Office of Management and Budget: Illinois Capital Markets

Bond information and financial updates.
http://www.illinois.gov/gov/budget/capitalmarkets/Pages/default.aspx

Comptroller

Accounting, financial reporting, and other fiscal information, including revenue, expense, contract, and employee compensation information, as well as the Fiscal Focus blog and information on the Illinois bill backlog; provided by the comptroller’s office.
http://illinoiscomptroller.gov

Comptroller: Other Reports

https://illinoiscomptroller.gov/financial-data/find-a-report/

Nongovernmental Organizations

Fiscal Policy Center at Voices for Illinois Children

Budget and fiscal analysis with a focus on Illinois children; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
http://www.voices4kids.org/our-priorities/fiscal-policy-center

Reboot Illinois

This news sites follows budget, tax, and fiscal stories, as well as other public policy issues; posts and articles come from a diverse group of contributors.
http://www.rebootillinois.com

Taxpayers Federation of Illinois

Focuses on tax issues but also follows Illinois budget developments; some materials are available only to members; part of the National Taxpayers Conference.
http://www.iltaxwatch.org
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