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Illinois Policy Institute is kicking off budget season by releasing its comprehensive plan to end the perpetual budget crises that have plagued the state for decades.

It's been bad enough having a front-row seat for Illinois' budget standoff and the many problems that having no budget agreement has caused. Having the Daily Show's correspondent Jordan Klepper arrive with a camera crew to weigh in on the issue is helping to make us a national punchline.

Illinois' budget impasse is nearly a year old, and while the financial future of our state is up in the air, assigning the blame for the mess is apparently not. According to a new Capitol Fax/We Ask America poll, Illinois voters think this guy is the problem.

John Gregory -- Illinois Radio Network Illinois House Republicans say Democrats broke the rules while passing a bill on the Obama presidential library out of committee. No vote was expected in Thursday’s House Executive Committee hearing, but vote the committee did, passing it 9 votes to 0...