On the Budget Failure in Springfield

Commentary

By State Rep. Greg Harris
(D – 13th District)

As you know, the General Assembly did not pass a budget with sufficient revenue increases to fully fund many vital state services. As of this writing, Illinois joins California and a handful of other states not having an operating budget in place at the beginning of the new fiscal year on July 1. According the National Conference of State Legislators almost 3 dozen of our…