A Chicago-area Democratic congressman says Illinois could miss out on federal infrastructure money under President-elect Donald Trump if the state doesn't sort out its budget problems. U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley says that if Illinois can't come up with matching funds from a capital plan then it will miss out on new federal money from a big federal infrastructure program.
Trump has talked about $1-trillion in infrastructure spending. Quigley says that if the state match money isn't there, then federal money will go to another state.
Illinois has gone seven years without a new capital budget plan to pay for transportation and other infrastructure projects.
Democratic Illinois lawmakers and Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner have yet to agree on a state budget. Illinois has been without one for 18 months.
