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Democratic leaders in the legislature and Gov. Bruce Rauner appear to be close to a deal to approve some funding for social service providers, higher…
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The United Way of Illinois surveyed social services providers in the state and found that during the budget impasse, about 1 million of their clients have…
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Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner used his veto pen Friday to reject a measure that would have provided about $3.9 billion for higher education, mental…
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There's no reason for the governor to further hold up partial funding for social services. That's the message from the Speaker of the Illinois…
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Human service agencies are hopeful legislation approved Thursday by state lawmakers will finally get them money, but they shouldn't start spending just…
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Legislators and top Rauner administration officials are acknowledging what it’ll take to solve Illinois’ budget mess: billions of dollars in spending cuts…
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Illinois lawmakers approved $700 million to partially finance various human service programs that haven't received funding since last summer because of…
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Illinois legislators today Thursday approved stopgap funding for human services.After ten months without state funding … after-school programs, local…
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Bipartisan working groups are currently trying to find a way out of the budget impasse. But the crisis could have been prevented long before the battle…
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Because of the lack of a budget, social services providers have not been getting paid for some of their work, even though they have contracts with state…