SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois’ overdue bills are actually 16 percent higher than previously reported and could top $10 billion by end of the fiscal year. Comptroller Leslie Munger told a state Senate appropriations committee Thursday that the state owes $7.6 billion to private service-providers whose work is required by court orders. But there’s about…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Lawmakers have trimmed about $7.3 million from Missouri’s mid-year budget increase of nearly $500 million. A House panel approved the reductions Wednesday along with limits on Gov. Jay Nixon’s travel expenses and less flexibility in how some health care funds are spent. Proposals for soil erosion projects and a grant…
The committee recently pulled that money out of a budget proposal
CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) – The president of Southern Illinois University says the school’s three campuses could see a “wholesale ending of programs” if it suffers a $40 million cut next year under Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner’s fiscal year 2017 budget proposal. President Randy Dunn said Monday night at a meeting of Southern Illinois University budget…
(KTRS) – The Republican-led Missouri legislature is proposing millions of dollars in cuts to the University of Missouri System. The cuts are part of a total budget proposal from the House Budget Leader Tom Flanigan. The plan relies on a revenue increase of just over 3 percent, a smaller increase than Governor Jay Nixon assumed…
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – House Speaker Michael Madigan has rejected Gov. Bruce Rauner’s idea to give the Republican executive sole budget-cutting authority. The Chicago Democrat says Rauner’s conservative agenda is too “extreme” to trust him with that power. Lawmakers gave similar authority in the past to former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn. Madigan favors Rauner’s idea…
Chancellor Thomas George says the number of layoffs has not been determined
WASHINGTON (AP) – A new government report estimates that this year’s budget deficit will rise to $544 billion, an increase over prior estimates that can be attributed largely to tax cuts and spending increases passed by Congress last month. The estimate from the Congressional Budget Office also sees the economy growing at a significantly slower…
(KTRS) – In Illinois lawmakers have their own crisis to face–the state has been operating without a budget since July. The budget battle stands poised to throw the rest of the legislative agenda into disarray. Political analysts say that upcoming elections could add even more tension to budget discussions. Primaries in Illinois are March 15,…
CHICAGO (AP) – Gov. Bruce Rauner says this week’s meeting with legislative leaders about the state budget impasse was productive even though House Speaker Michael Madigan did not attend. The Republican governor commented Friday after the Democratic speaker missed the latest meeting Thursday due to what his spokesman said was a scheduling conflict. Rauner says…