A statewide concern: Illinois’ population decline outpaces neighboring states – Wirepoints on ABC20 Champaign
“We are not in good shape” Wirepoints’ Ted Dabrowski told ABC 20 Champaign during a segment on Illinois’ latest population losses. Illinois was one of just three states to shrink in the 2010-2020 period and has lost another 300,000 people since then. Ted says things need to change. “It’s too expensive to live here, there aren’t enough good jobs and nobody trusts the government anymore. There’s just other places to go where you can be more satisfied.”
Is state gaurenteed they get fed funds, fed matching funds? Or is getting all thoes $billions in fed funds wishfull planning? How does that work?
My understanding is that the federal match funding formula is pretty well-known and the process is transparent, so I doubt this could be gamed. One risk we are taking, however, is that Congress comes trough with its own infrastracture program, that many want, which may have better terms for the state than it using now.