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Without a budget, spending and deficit balloon

Posted on August 17, 2015

Associated Press

This article covers the budget impasse facing the State of Illinois and how it is contributing to a growing deficit as the State continues to spend without clear parameters. A Civic Federation analysis found savings in Governor Rauner’s proposed FY2016 budget unachievable and said the eventual budget solution will require an increase in taxes, cuts to spending, or likely both.