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State Week: (Another) Madigan Enters Budget Fray

NPR Illinois | 91.9 UIS | By Sean Crawford,

Brian Mackey, Charles N. Wheeler III

Published January 27, 2017 at 4:55 PM CST

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Attorney General Lisa Madigan is asking a St. Clair County judge to stop state employees from getting paid without a legal state budget. Could the move force a resolution of Illinois' 19-month budget impasse?

Meanwhile, Gov. Bruce Rauner gave his annual State of the State address. And Rauner, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and President Donald Trump engaged in a multimedia war of words.

Sean Crawford hosts with regular panelists Charlie Wheeler and Brian Mackey, and guest Monique Garcia of the Chicago Tribune.

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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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