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State Week: Tax Hike Getting Cold Shoulder

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Senate Democrats go it alone on a tax hike — will their House counterparts follow suit? And what happens if legislators don't pass a budget by the scheduled end of session on May 31?

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

Brian Mackey hosts The 21st Show and formerly reported on state government.
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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