Carole Brown, a senior managing director at the financial services firm of Siebert Brandford Shank & Co, LLC, is the chair of a new TIF Reform Panel named by Mayor Emanuel. When I...

Mayor Renault – I mean, Mayor Emanuel, expressed amazement at the lack of standards for creating and evaluating TIF districts. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that “Without criticizing Daley directly, Emanuel said he was...

John McCarron used to be the financial editor of  The Chicago Tribune and he was also the VP of planning and communications for The Metropolitan Planning Council. He knows a thing or two...

TIF Report founder and Editor-in-Chief Tom Tresser wrote an article for The Lincoln Central Association that appears in their Spring 2011 edition of “THE LCA Watchdog.” This is especially relevant because the folks...

As reported in The South Bend Tribune, it’s just too darn hard to reign in TIFs. An effort to shine more light on the appointed boards that make spending and borrowing decisions for...

As reported in The Chicago Reader: Mayor Daley didn’t just depart the City Council Wednesday with hugs, kisses, and another attempt to shape his legacy. He also ccommitted the city to hand out...

As reported in ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com: Steelmaker A. Finkl & Sons Co. is seeking a $20-million subsidy from the city to help pay for its new South Side plant, which will replace the company’s longtime...

In a recent op-ed piece for The Huffington Post, Cook County Clerk David Orr repeated his call for a moratorium on new TIF districts in Chicago. Here’s part of what he said: “We...

In the April 11 edition of Crain’s Chicago Business the Editors call on Mayor-Elect Emanuel to reform the much-abused TIF program. They remind us…   Known by the acronym TIF, this economic development...

As reported in The New York Times, states are racing to the bottom to give tax incentives and other goodies to businesses in order to lure them to their areas. KANSAS CITY, Mo....