The Illinois House will try again today to override Governor Bruce Rauner’s veto of the state’s first full budget in two years. Rauner vetoed the measure Tuesday, just hours later the State Senate overrode that move. The first term Republican rejected the 36-billion dollar budget and its companion tax hike because it didn’t address his demand for reform. Illinois Public Radio’s Brian O’Keefe talked with Illinois Political historian Kent Redfield to see what changed in recent weeks to make a budget deal happen in the first place?
Kent Redfield is an Illinois political historian, and an advocate for openness in government.