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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois lawmakers plan to adopt a one-month temporary budget Wednesday to avoid a partial government shutdown on the first day of the fiscal year. House Speaker Michael Madigan plans to shepherd a $2.3 billion plan to provide state police protection, operate veterans homes, provide nutrition for the elderly and more...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois House plans to hear testimony from state agency officials on preparations for a disruption in state services because of the budget impasse. House Speaker Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, has invited 15 agencies that report to Gov...

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has approved legislation to increase state funding for education, ensuring classrooms remain open amid an ongoing budget fight. The Republican signed a bill Wednesday that provides $269 million more to K-12 and early childhood education in the fiscal year that begins July 1...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois General Assembly makes what has become its weekly return to Springfield with a state budget still unresolved and only eight days before it's due. The Senate will meet as a body on Tuesday to discuss increasing the minimum wage and paid sick-leave provisions...

Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger joined the show this week to explain the potential consequences of having no budget in place at the end of the month, when the current fiscal year ends. Among other things, she told us: New Medicaid provider payments will stop Nonprofits and small employers will be unable to receive expedited payments State employees will start missing paychecks July 15 General

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Both chambers of the Illinois General Assembly are returning to Springfield to continue wrestling over a state budget deficit. The Senate will meet Tuesday to hear testimony on the impact of a state-imposed freeze on local property taxes...

Dave Dahl -- Illinois Radio Network The audience was different, but the message was the same: Illinois is in a world of hurt, and it's the Democrats' fault. Gov. Bruce Rauner convened a meeting of his cabinet Wednesday afternoon. He reviewed the points he has been saying since the May 31 conclusion of the scheduled spring session: the lack of a balanced state budget is the fault of the House and S

 Jim Anderson -- Illinois Radio Network The governor's office is preparing for life with an unbalanced budget. The governor's office say it'll close one or two juvenile justice facilities, close the Hardin County Work Camp in Cave-in-Rock, cut off LIHEAP funds, put the freeze on buying new police cars, ground state planes except for emergencies and close the state museums, in order to be ready Ju

Illinois State Rep. Ron Sandack joined the show this week to recap where we're at in negotiations on the state budget plan. Democrats in the House and Senate have approved a spending plan that is nearly $4 billion out-of-balance in the hope that Gov...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is calling the Legislature's spring session "stunningly disappointing" after Democrats passed a budget despite an impasse over how to fully fund it. Democrats want Rauner to approve a tax increase to help balance a 2016 budget that's more than $3 billion short of anticipated revenues...