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Comptroller Munger: ‘Devastating’ Budget Stalemate Needs to End

Posted on April 19, 2016

Chicago Tonight, WTTW

This article reports on Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger addressing the budget impasse by delaying paychecks to lawmakers until the stalemate is resolved. Civic Federation President Laurence Msall remarks that the Comptroller’s plan draws increased attention to the fact that Illinois has been operating without a budget for the past ten months, during which many of the State’s vendors have continued to provide services without being paid.