Both the Illinois House of Representatives and Illinois Senate were in session this week.  Four weeks remain in this legislative session, and bills need to have advanced to the other chamber or received an extension from leadership to advance through the legislative process.  Bills also must advance out of second chamber committees by Friday, May 10, 2013. The following Policy...

On April 4, 2013, Cook County released an economic development agenda, Partnering for Prosperity . Eight of the nine agenda strategies directly align with GO TO 2040 recommendations.  The following Policy Update provides a brief overview of the agenda, which addresses the county’s role in the metropolitan Chicago economy, and describes the many areas in which Partnering for...

On April 10, 2013, President Obama released his budget proposal for federal Fiscal Year (FY) 2014.  Over the next ten years, the budget would increase revenues by about $1.1 trillion and cut ten-year spending by $265 billion, thereby reducing the federal deficit by $1.3 trillion compared to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) baseline projections.  CMAP is monitoring the...