Economy

Grim forecast for Illinois new fiscal year

By Washington Examiner
Published July 16, 2020 12:22pm ET
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Grim forecast for Illinois new fiscal year
A protester holds a sign during a reopen Illinois rally outside Thompson Center in downtown Chicago, Saturday, May 16, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. Many small business believe they can get up and running soon after stay-at-home rules are lifted.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said that the COVID-19 shutdown this spring has had a significant impact on tax revenues that the state needs to operate.

The pandemic health crisis has also hit Illinois with several billion dollars in emergency expenses, she told the State Journal-Register.

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