The House Appropriations Committee advanced a slew of state spending bills Monday that would set the operating budget for the upcoming fiscal year and appropriate the unprecedented $2 billion in excess state dollars lawmakers have to work with.As Paul Braun reports, today’s action underscores differences in Gov. John Bel Edwards’ and state legislative leaders’ priorities of how the money should be spent on infrastructure projects, education and other state programs.
Illinois lawmakers worked until the early hours of Saturday to pass a $46.5 billion spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, as well as a $1.8 billion package of mostly-temporary tax cuts that Democrats said are intended to soften the impact of inflation on working families.
The spending plan includes $1.8 billion of mostly temporary tax cuts that Democrats said are intended to soften the impact of inflation on working families.