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.
CHICAGO (WLS) A real budget battle is brewing after Gov. JB Pritzker announced more than $700 million in cuts would be needed due to the failure of the graduated income tax to pass in November.
The fallout from the election night defeat of the governor s progressive income tax plan is now taking shape. The fiercest fight could be over Governor JB Pritzker s proposal to furlough state workers. We ve put forward proposals for what needs to be trimmed from state government, Gov. Pritzker said. They re hard. They re painful.
A day after dropping his budget-slashing bombshell, Governor JB Pritzker acknowledged there is some tough work to be done to find savings of $711 million.