After Marathon Springfield Session, Illinois Lawmakers Look Ahead to What’s Next

5 things Illinois lawmakers did and didn’t get done in spring session

State lawmakers passed more than 400 bills over the last five months, but the spring legislative session that concluded over the weekend will be remembered more for what legislators didn’t get done before the clock ran out.The hectic final hours in Springfield saw legislators scrambling to get a $55.2 billion budget over the finish line before a midnight deadline, leaving little political bandwidth to rescue Chicago-area transit agencies from a …

After Marathon Springfield Session, Illinois Lawmakers Look Ahead to What’s Next

After Marathon Springfield Session, Illinois Lawmakers Look Ahead to What’s Next – WTTW (Chicago)

“(Governor Pritzker) specifically made the statement, ‘If you expect to spend money on projects, you better tell me where you’re going to cut,’” state Sen. Don DeWitte said. “That didn’t happen. What happened was a billion dollars worth of tax increases, eight more billion dollars in borrowing.”

5 things Illinois lawmakers did and didn’t get done in spring session | Illinois State Bar Association

5 things Illinois lawmakers did and didn’t get done in spring sessionState lawmakers passed more than 400 bills over the last five months, but the spring legislative session that concluded over the weekend will be remembered more for what legislators didn’t get done before the clock ran out. Source: Chicago Sun