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Stopgap budget failing to erase damage of state impasse

Posted on July 19, 2016

Chicago Tribune

This article discusses the State of Illinois’ FY2017 stopgap plan and how it will not be enough to make whole many of the programs that rely on State funding. Civic Federation President Laurence Msall remarks that the stopgap plan is neither balanced nor comprehensive and explains that it does not give Illinois social services and universities the ability to manage their operations in an effective way.