Five days of special session have cost Illinois taxpayers an additional $250,000 for less than 90 minutes of work.

Four days of special session have cost Illinois taxpayers an additional $200,000 for less than 80 minutes of work.

Three days of special session have cost Illinois taxpayers $150,000 for less than an hour of work.

State representatives passed House Resolution 290, encouraging tourism between Illinois and the Bahamas.

The measure would set a week aside to honor and appreciate the staff of MacNeal Hospital. The state continues without a budget.

Lawmakers passed a resolution to issue commemorative medallions while the state continues to go without a budget.

State lawmakers still haven’t passed a budget, but the Illinois House of Representatives passed a resolution June 22 declaring Southern Illinois the “Eclipse Crossroads of America.”

Less than 43 minutes of work over two days has cost Illinois taxpayers $100,000.

The Illinois House of Representatives met for about seven minutes, and the Senate met for approximately 10 minutes on June 21 before adjourning from special session – costing Illinois taxpayers $50,000 for less than 20 minutes of work.

The cost of getting lawmakers to Springfield alone will run taxpayers $21,000 per day.