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Harper: Illinois Needs an Honest Budget, and Rauner Needs to Negotiate

Jun 19, 2017 | Budget, Harper

CHICAGO – State Rep. Sonya Harper, D-Chicago, is renewing her negotiation on a budget that does not burden Illinois taxpayers and does not rely on dishonest and unviable savings. “The Senate budget is not the honest plan Illinois taxpayers need, and we aren’t going to...

Parents of Students Exposed to Lead in School, Home Energy Assistance Recipients Call on Rauner to End Impasse

Jun 14, 2017 | Budget, Madigan

CHICAGO – Parents worried their children could be exposed to lead in public school drinking water, and residents who may be unable to heat and cool their homes during extreme weather were among the citizens calling on Gov. Bruce Rauner to end his 700-day budget...

Connor Urges All Sides to Continue Negotiating Budget in Good Faith

Jun 3, 2017 | Connor

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. John Connor, D-Lockport, issued the following statement Friday as budget negotiations continue: “Today’s bipartisan agreement on the framework of a budget was a sign of progress, but there is more work to be done. This budget would cut...

Crespo Urges Governor to Work on a Path Forward to Close Budget Deficit

May 31, 2017 | Budget, Crespo

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – State Rep. Fred Crespo, D-Hoffman Estates, released the following statement on Wednesday: “I am frustrated that the governor continues to play partisan games, all the while the state’s debt burden on taxpayers grows larger every day. His lack of...

Hoffman Urging Rauner to Return to Table to Negotiate Budget

May 26, 2017 | Hoffman

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – As Illinois has gone an unprecedented period of time with no budget, state Rep. Jay Hoffman, is encouraging Gov. Bruce Rauner to return to the bargaining table and seek common ground with Democratic legislators in order to end the budget impasse....

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