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State Week: Could State Workers' Paychecks Be In Jeopardy?

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,

Amanda Vinicky, Charles N. Wheeler III

Published April 15, 2016 at 1:34 PM CDT

Brian Mackey

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS

After months without meeting, the governor and legislative leaders gathered behind closed doors this week, with apparently no progress toward a budget agreement. Speculation continues the Attorney General might go to court to stop state workers from being paid without an appropriation. Some believe such a move could force the governor and leaders to reach a deal. Others aren't so sure. The State Journal-Register's Doug Finke joins the panel.

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The former director of the Public Affairs Reporting (PAR) graduate program is Professor Charles N. Wheeler III, a veteran newsman who came to the University of Illinois at Springfield following a 24-year career at the Chicago Sun-Times.

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