Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders are set to resume budget talks again Thursday morning as a stopgap spending plan is set to expire at year’s end, and the governor is laying out his terms before the meeting even begins.

Facing continued resistance from Democratic House Speaker Michael Madigan over a push for a comprehensive budget agreement that also includes economic reforms, Rauner released a video on Facebook overnight saying he’s open to another temporary spending plan but with two conditions.

Gov. Bruce Rauner vetoed a bill Thursday that would have given the Chicago Public Schools $215 million it’s counting on to help pay for teacher pensions — blaming Illinois Senate President John Cullerton for the deal falling apart.

And in quick fashion, Mayor Rahm Emanuel denounced the veto as “reckless and irresponsible” while the Illinois Senate voted 36-16 to override it, saying the governor left them no choice.

The Chicago Public Schools have precious few options now that Gov. Bruce Rauner’s surprise veto has blown a hole in its budget already precariously balanced on the promise of $215 million in state pension help from Springfield.

Once again, district leaders have rolled the dice on hundreds of millions arriving from the state, and unless the House follows the Senate’s lead on overriding the governor’s veto, classroom cuts are all but a certainty.

The Illinois House on Thursday passed a bill to help salvage two city worker pension systems.

The House voted 91-16 on the bill, which provides for taxpayers and government employees putting more money into retirement systems that cover laborers and municipal workers.

Legislators left Springfield on Thursday with no budget — and a massive show of dissension between Democratic leaders and Gov. Bruce Rauner.

But Illinois Senate President John Cullerton sought to downplay the discord — before he overrode the governor’s veto of a pension bill aimed at helping Chicago Public Schools teacher pensions.

Illinois Democrats failed Thursday to override the Republican governor’s veto of $215 million to help the financially struggling Chicago Public Schools with pension payments as negotiations on an overdue state budget broke down again.

The deep distrust between Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democrats who run the General Assembly boiled over Thursday on an unusual final day of the fall session that featured a testy veto message, a lawsuit against the governor and several lawmakers knocking off before the heavy lifting was done.

And as legislators zoomed up interstates to get home, it was a massive energy bill that emerged as the major accomplishment. Republicans and Democrats united to raise electricity rates on Illinois residents and businesses to bail out a pair of Exelon’s nuclear power plants. On average it’ll cost ComEd customers an extra 25 cents or $4.54 a month, depending on who is doing the math. The governor plans to sign the bill.

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner wants to literally one-up President-elect Donald Trump when it comes to repealing regulations.

Regulation repeal is one of the priorities Trump has laid out for his first 100 days.

“I will formulate a rule which says that for every one new regulation, two old regulations must be eliminated, so important,” Trump said.

Rauner was asked last week about Trump’s proposal. He said he likes that idea, but that he’s been wanting to go a step further for a while.

As expected, Illinois’ largest state employee union has gone to court to block implementation of a new labor contract.

The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 filed suit in St. Clair County to stop Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration from imposing its final contract offer.

Almost every cent flowing into affluent Butler School District 53 in Oak Brook comes from local dollars, roughly $10.1 million. Most comes from property taxes paid by homeowners and businesses that cover everything from teacher salaries to school building projects.

State and federal dollars coming in are minimal by comparison. The local share represents 97 percent of all revenue for Butler, illustrating just how heavily many communities are investing in public schools. Throughout Illinois, the reliance on local taxpayers is growing.

Chicago Public Schools wants to close three schools that the district says have no students enrolled this year.

Public hearings are scheduled for the proposed closings before a school board vote in February.

former suburban comptroller official has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor theft in a deal that will significantly reduce his pension but avoids the chance he’d go to prison.

Roy McCampbell had been accused of inflating his pay to nearly $500,000 a year before he retired as the comptroller of the working-class near-west suburb of Bellwood. That pay helped push his pension to about $250,000 a year, among the highest of any public worker in Illinois.

Cook County’s inspector general has the power to investigate county Assessor Joseph Berrios, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled Thursday, apparently ending Berrios’ fight to claim he is exempt from such inquiries because he is a “separately” elected official.

Following the court decision, Berrios announced he would comply with Inspector General Patrick Blanchard’s subpoenas related to property tax exemptions granted to a Berrios employee who allegedly was not entitled to them. Since 2012, Blanchard has sought to enforce the subpoenas against Berrios — who also is the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party.