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News Analysis: State Budget

Posted on May 24, 2010

WTTW’s “Chicago Tonight”

In a roundtable discussion about the Illinois Legislature’s budget negotiations on this segment of the “Chicago Tonight” news program, Civic Federation President Laurence Msall said that the likelihood of a balanced budget being passed is slim. He also said the State’s delays in delivering its promised appropriations has put extreme pressure on service providers and local municipalities.