Municipal finance

What caused Chicago’s transit funding crisis—and what could fix it?

UChicago municipal finance expert Justin Marlowe explains the $250 million budget shortfall threatening CTA, Metra and Pace

Preckwinkle, Garcia at odds over independent financial analysis commission

<p>Michael Belsky, executive director of the Center for Municipal Finance at Harris School, argues in favor of revenue forecasting commission for the Cook County Board</p>