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Senate panelists debate Illinois budget, encourage bipartisan action

Tue, 03/31/2015 - 4:13pm

All four state senators who participated in the City Club of Chicago’s Tuesday bipartisan panel discussion on the Illinois’ finances stressed the need for bilateral cooperation on budget matters in the Legislature.

Sen. Pamela Althoff (R-McHenry) first offered praise of Gov. Bruce Rauner’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2016, saying the proposal was part of Rauner’s work to develop a bipartisan plan to address the state’s fiscal problems.

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