SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois state agencies are restricting spending and bracing for the worst after lawmakers approved a budget that uses accounting gimmicks and punts on crucial decisions about where to find revenue until after the November election.
The $35.7 billion spending plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1 keeps most funding flat after Democrats_who hold supermajorities in both chambers— couldn’t find enough votes to extend the state’s temporary income tax increase before adjourning for the session last week.
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