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Central Illinois Lawmaker Disappointed in Another Spring Legislative Session

A central Illinois lawmaker is disappointed in another spring legislative session that lasted long hours into the night on Friday.

 

It's how the Illinois government has come to operate according to State Representative Dan Caulkins, who on the WHOW Morning Show Monday told Regional Radio this is the Mike Madigan way of operating the State of Illinois.

 

 

The Decatur Republican calls this year's budget full of election-year gimmicks. He highlights the temporary suspension of the gas tax increase as well as a 10-day suspension of sales tax on school supplies leading up to the start of school in August.

 

 

Rep. Caulkins is also ripping Illinois Democrats for underfunding the Illinois unemployment trust fund and porking up spending in other places instead. He says this is going to be a huge burden on employers and employees for years to come.

 

 

Rep. Caulkins says the unemployment fund issue was something that was surfacing last year and was told by Illinois Democrats they would take care of it last spring but it never was taken care of and now Illinois is paying interest to the Federal Government to the tune of $1-million a month. 

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