If nothing is getting done in the Capitol, voters should look first to those most capable of taking swift action: Madigan and his Democrat supermajority.

TAGS: budget, Mike Madigan

Cook County judge rules some state workers get minimum wage in absence of budget

By Heather Weiner

07/07/2015

Figuring out who qualifies for the payments will be a logistical nightmare, according to the state comptroller’s office.

TAGS: budget, minimum wage

In budget battle, Illinois leaders should respect the Constitution

07/02/2015

State leaders took an oath to uphold the Illinois Constitution. But they show deference to the document only as it suits them.

TAGS: budget

Failed $2.2 billion temporary budget was unbalanced, more of the same for Illinois, according to GOMB

By Jonelle Lesniak

07/01/2015

A last-ditch attempt at a temporary budget represented the same untenable spending pattern that taxpayers cannot afford.

TAGS: budget

Ending Illinois’ budget crisis: No more business as usual

By Ted Dabrowski, John Klingner

07/01/2015

Flooding Springfield’s coffers with new money is a tried-and-failed approach.

TAGS: Bruce Rauner, budget

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Madigan files, passes bill to nix lawmaker pay raises after blocking similar bill for weeks

Prison population growth driving Illinois’ corrections budget higher

Judges split on state-worker pay in absence of balanced budget

Illinois House Democrats pass temporary budget, Senate must concur, Rauner says he won’t sign

Growth through tax hikes? Illinois tried it – and failed

Who really deserves blame in Illinois’ budget impasse?

Cook County judge rules some state workers get minimum wage in absence of budget

In budget battle, Illinois leaders should respect the Constitution

Failed $2.2 billion temporary budget was unbalanced, more of the same for Illinois, according to GOMB

Ending Illinois’ budget crisis: No more business as usual

Who Lives Below the Poverty Line in Illinois? Family Structure and Education Mark the Highest Risk

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