![Handouts from Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger illustrating the state's bill backlog.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/37561/img_8696__medium.jpg)
Comptroller: Illinois Just Scraping By On Bills
It's been nine months since Illinois' income tax rate dropped when a temporary tax hike rolled back on January first. And though the state is operating without a budget, Illinois is already spending over 90 percent of what it spent last year...which has already led to a cash shortage.