Reporter roundtable: End of the Illinois legislative session
The Illinois capitol rotunda Reginald Hardwick/Illinois Newsroom
Early Saturday morning, state lawmakers in Springfield wrapped the spring legislative session, including approval of a $46.5 billion budget. Illinoisans may see a break at the gas pump and a check in the mail from Springfield, but there are also plenty of critics of the recently passed state budget. We broke down the details with two statehouse reporters.
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Daniel Petrella
State Government Reporter, Chicago Tribune
Peter Hancock
Statehouse Reporter, Capitol News Illinois
Crime and inflation became the watch words as the final hours of the truncated state spring legislative session played out early Saturday in Springfield. https://t.co/AOl8vrx9dM
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) April 10, 2022
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