July 8, 2015
Without a State budget in place, the Illinois Constitution and laws significantly limits payments the State can make.
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Illinois Begins Fiscal Year 2016 without a Budget
With the rejection last week of the $2.3 billion temporary budget proposed by Democrats in the Illinois Legislature as a way to avoid a government shutdown, lawmakers left Springfield for the Fourth of July weekend without an approved budget in place, resulting in what’s being referred to as a “partial” government shutdown. The State is now operating without a 2016 budget, leaving critical social and other services at risk of being unfunded and state workers wondering about their pay checks.