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It’s been two months since Illinois government finally passed a full budget. Legislators hoped that would accelerate the payment of overdue bills. But the…
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Illinois lawmakers have an ironic strategy for digging out of debt: taking on more of it.The state recently adopted its first budget in two years.…
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A nonpartisan research group says Illinois’ desperate financial condition is getting even worse. The Civic Federation of Chicago says unless something...
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A group of agencies and businesses that provides services to state government has opened a second front in the legal fight to get Illinois to pay billions…
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Susana Mendoza has been sworn in as Illinois comptroller. The Democrat will serve the final two years of Republican Judy Baar Topinka's term. Topinka was…
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Illinois' new comptroller says she will continue the practice of waiting to pay public officials' paychecks. Democrat Susana Mendoza took the oath of…
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Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger says lawmakers suing her to get back pay are "cowards." The Republican was named in a Cook County lawsuit by six…
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Social service agencies around Illinois are starting to get the money the state government owes them from the year-long budget impasse. Becky Beilfuss…
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Anxious legislators will once again see a deposit from the state of Illinois in their bank accounts. They’re getting paid Tuesday for the first time...
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Officials say more than 800 private companies doing work for the Department of Human Services haven't been paid because of the budget stalemate.Human…