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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. ....