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House Republicans put the governor on notice that this year needs greater transparency in the process. Pritzker had been counting on increased revenue from the graduated income tax to make up for revenue shortfalls, but voters rejected that tax change in November, thus forcing a change of plans. We re in a really tough spot, said Professor David Merriman, UIC Department of Public Administration. The only way to balance the budget is either to increase revenues or cut spending, and both of those paths are going to be very difficult to do. Last week, Gov. Pritzker released his budget overview with a warning: We re going to have to make some painful cuts in state government in order to balance the budget.

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