Counting the Days: The Illinois Budget Impasse Worst in the Nation
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“As of today, Illinois has officially gone 364 days without a state budget. An impasse of this length is highly irregular, as shown by the recent state budget data below. We compared overdue state budget lengths from fiscal years 2014-2016 to see exactly how far the Illinois impasse stands out.
In 2015 (Fiscal Year 2016), six states reached July 1 without a budget agreement.Wisconsin and Massachusetts passed their budgets within two and three weeks respectively. Meanwhile, New Hampshire and North Carolina both took over two months to pass final drafts of their budgets. Pennsylvania and Illinois shared the dubious honor of continuing their budget struggles into the new calendar year, with Pennsylvania reaching an agreement 272 days after the start of the fiscal year, and Illinois drifting along without a peer.”
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