Six days of special session have cost Illinois taxpayers an additional $300,000 for less than 100 minutes of work.

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.