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Editorial: Federation financial plan sound, but will state listen?

Posted on March 13, 2014

Bloomington Pantagraph

This editorial examines the Civic Federation’s State of Illinois FY2015 Budget Roadmap and calls the Federation’s plan a “reasonable and balanced approach” to addressing Illinois’ perpetual fiscal crisis. The Federation’s recommendations would allow the State to eliminate its $5.4 billion bill backlog in five years.