A new report says Illinois is among the most fragmented states in the nation when it comes to local government, but consolidation is not always an effective cost-cutting option.
The Civic Federation report found that Illinois has 8,923 local government units, over 3,000 more any other state in the nation.
Report author Lily Padula said Illinois statute makes it easy to create governments but difficult to consolidate or remove them.
Padula said cost savings vary greatly with consolidation.
Padula said consolidation has mainly been driven at the county, township and municipal level.
Story from Illinois Radio Network
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