Illinois Issues: The Impasse And The Damage Done
ICPR’s news update was mentioned in this article
via Peoria Public Radio
“You likely woke up this morning to headlines declaring that, after a year, Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative leaders are finally nearing an agreement on the budget.
If this apparent truce bears fruit today, it might be tempting to breathe a sigh of relief in the hope that the state’s budget crisis is finally over.
After all, you have to be sick of hearing about it. Nobody could blame you if you are tired of trying to process the sad stories of vulnerable people who have lost the services they depend on to have some quality of life. Tired of worrying about whether the university in your area will continue keeping its doors open — or even if your local elementary schools will open in the fall. Tired of listening to the talking points and back-and-forth barbs traded between the state’s leaders as Illinois once again sinks into laughingstock territory.”
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