Rauner, leaders meet again, but still no progress

They came. They met. They disagreed. Again. Gov. Bruce Rauner and the four legislative leaders Wednesday continued their meetings on reforms and possibly a new spending plan, but left the 90-minute session again without seeming to make progress on ending the state’s two-year budget impasse. In the past few days, House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, has said the Republican governor is angling for a tax increase during the lame-duck session of the General Assembly when outgoing lawmakers could vote for a tax hike without fear of voter retaliation…..Click on this link to read more from the Springfield Journal Register