“Illinois earned subpar marks for its system of making annual budgetary data available to residents, according to a study by the Chicago-based policy institute Truth in Accounting (TIA). … In awarding the grades, TIA’s analysis considered whether the state data was posted online within about three months of the end of the state’s fiscal year, whether states hired independent auditors to review their numbers and whether pension debts are included in the annual fiscal report.”
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