Illinois’s Lost Year About to Become Two as Budget Cliff Nears
- After May, a three-fifths majority is needed to pass a budget
- Prisons, schools, bond rating at risk if compromise not found
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Illinois lawmakers have been busy in the last week of the regular legislative session. They moved to establish a youth-only turkey hunting season, set standards on where podiatrists can perform amputations and allowed for the adoption of retired police dogs.
Yet, the Land of Lincoln remains the only state in the nation without a budget, mired in the longest such standoff in its history.