In one of his first acts as Illinois' new governor, Republican Bruce Rauner Monday has issued an executive order requiring all state agencies to stop spending money they don't have to.
The main theme of Rauner's campaign was that Illinois' finances are a mess, need fixing, and that he's the man to do it. He continued that message during his inaugural address:
"We have an opportunity to accomplish something historic; to fix years of busted budgets and broken government."
For starters, he's ordering all state agencies to stop non-essential state spending. He didn't specify, though, what counts as "essential."
"I don't know exactly what that means. And I don't know if he does either. But it sounds great."
That was Democratic Senate President John Cullerton. He says Rauner, who is a state government novice, has an "incomplete" image of Springfield. He says lawmakers have spent the past six years making significant progress on Illinois' financial issues.
