BUDGET IMPASSE 10-YEAR
Ten years ago, the Illinois legislature and then-Gov. Bruce Rauner were at an impasse over approving a state budget, a battle that drug on for two years. As state funding dried up, social services agencies and nonprofits were hit especially hard, impacting the state’s most-vulnerable citizens. Those groups that survived used federal funding to stay afloat, but now, a decade later, vital funding is being threatened once again by massive cuts by the Trump administration.
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