Nuclear plant workers in Clinton and Quad Cities — not to mention Exelon and ComEd shareholders — got a helping hand from Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois General Assembly. But there was no such luck for the many social service providers, university students and countless others hoping for Illinois' first full budget in a year-and-a-half.
Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey, and guest Dan Petrella of Lee Enterprises, which publishes the (Decatur) Herald & Review, The (Bloomington) Pantagraph, The Southern Illinoisan, and the Quad City Times.