Good Government

Illinois lawmakers only attach price tags to 10 of 3,859 bills

Illinois lawmakers only attach price tags to 10 of 3,859 bills

For most bills filed in Springfield, taxpayers will have to guess at how much more will be demanded of them. Illinois General Assembly members only worried about costs 10 times for 3,859 of their bright ideas about how to improve the state.

By Lilly Rossi