It's budget week at the capitol and both sides are talking relief. House Democrats are touting a $1.8 billion plan that would send checks to families making less than $500,000 a year and pausing both the grocery tax and holding back on a slated increase in the motor fuel tax. Governor JB Pritzker says as the details get hammered out the budget must be responsible.
The Governor notes he and his office are still looking over the entire proposal, but he is in support of the expansion of the earned income tax credit.