Illinois Policy’s Adam Schuster on the State Budget

Illinois only has until the end of May to get a budget passed. So will we get the full-year balanced budget or another stopgap or impasse? Place your bets.

Adam Schuster, Illinois Policy's Director of Budgets and Tax Research, talks about why the budgeting process is broken, altogether, and what options (like a spending cap) will be better at getting taxpayers the budget they deserve.

The question of whether or not Illinois lawmakers will do the right things remains to be seen: