http://www.sj-r.com/news/20170530/legislature-enters-last-scheduled-day-with-no-budget-in-sight
SPRINGFIELD, IL (Doug Finke, Springfield Journal-Register Please click on the link above to read the full story. Here is an excerpt below.)
Illinois lawmakers are entering the final scheduled day of the spring session with dim prospects that a permanent state budget will be approved.
If work isn’t completed on a new spending plan and the accompanying taxes to pay for it by midnight Wednesday, the legislature will again be faced with trying to round up extra votes to avoid the prospects of the state going a third straight year with no permanent budget in place.
As it passed the Senate, the $5.4 billion legislation raises state income taxes and extends the sales tax to some services. House committee members indicated the bill would be changed in the House, particularly franchise fees that would be charged on satellite and cable television services.
The actual spending bill and a companion bill to implement some budget cuts were approved without discussion by a House committee late Tuesday, moving the legislation to the full House
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