Springfield- State workers will have to wait until next week before they find out if they are going to be paid in March. State lawmakers adjourned for the week Thursday, without taking any final vote on legislation that would ensure state workers get paid.
House Democrats have proposed HB 1798, a bill that would make an appropriation to continue to pay state workers until June 30th. This bill passed out of a House committee on Wednesday evening. However, it was passed with no Republican support. That is because House Republicans have their own version of a bill that would have a continuing appropriation for state workers pay. That bill, HB 2803, is stuck in Rules Committee.