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Interview: IT's Patrick Yeagle On How Budget Cuts Hurt The Vulnerable

Rachel Otwell // WUIS

The cover story from the Illinois Times that came out last Thursday is titled, "The high cost of budget cuts: When Illinois slashes social services, the vulnerable suffer." The author, Patrick Yeagle, joined me to talk about which social service agencies could disappear as a result of the state's budget impasse and proposed cuts. 

In this interview he tells us how those cuts could affect those who rely on the state for help with childcare, mental health services, and much more: 

Rachel Otwell of the Illinois Times is a former NPR Illinois reporter.
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