The Comptroller has joined with the Governor and the state’s largest employee’s union in urging full pay for all state employees and depending on the outcome of a case filed by the state’s Attorney General, there could be some relief to mounting financial constraints. Illinois News Network has more:
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Democratic majorities in both chambers passed a budget that spends upwards to $4 billion more than is estimated to be brought it, something Governor Rauner vetoed saying he can not support because it’s unbalanced.