Bipartisan budget talks underway in Springfield
Statehouse Democrats have brought Republicans to the table to talk about spending tens of billions of taxpayer dollars for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
Democratic state Rep. Mike Zalewski said if the bipartisan talks are productive, lawmakers could have budget details out with time for the public to review.
There’s a May 31 deadline to pass the budget with simple majorities.
Cannabis sales top $1 billion in Illinois
Licensed legal cannabis stores have sold more than $1 billion of cannabis since the drug was legalized in January 2020.
April sales jumped nearly $6 million from March to nearly $115 million dollars sold. But, that’s not as large of a monthly increase as was experienced with March’s $109 million in sales.