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Articles on the Illinois Budget

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Tax increase (December 9, 2019)
How to allocate wealth (August 14, 2019)
Tax increase (December 9, 2019)
Pritzker Gamble (June 6, 2019)
Can Pritzker reverse state’s relative economic decline? (January 7, 2019)
Will debt overwhelm us? (December 24, 2018)
If court won’t change, change the court (December 11, 2018)
Business group prescribes bitter medicine for state budget (February 19, 2018)
Fiscal follies continue as Illinois suffers (February 22, 2017)
Nowlan riles readers with Rauner piece (December 26, 2016)
Despair over state budget inaction (October 24, 2016)
Federal courts manage much of Illinois government (September 29, 2016)
A proposal to fund state pensions fully—and save $2 billion a year (July 18, 2016)
A Plan B emerges to end state budget impasse (June 27, 2016)
Boy, do we ever need “dealmakers” now (May 23, 2016)
Strangest budget impasse I’ve ever seen
(August 24, 2015)
State budget basics
(August 3, 2015)
Rauner changes budget dynamic
(March 2, 2015)
Predict Rauner will support tax increases
(February 2, 2015)
Rauner’s budget dilemma
(November 11, 2014)
The state budget in 750 words
(December 12, 2013)
Small town America to take big budget cuts
(August 29, 2011)
Quinn makes idle threats to close facilities
(September 11, 2011)
Paying for the sins of your fathers
(January 18, 2011)
Smoking ban hurts state budget (December 16, 2010)