SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Illinois has redefined what it means to have a late budget.
Other states have gone several months without a spending plan before, and Illinois has had prior delays that caused great anxiety. But going an entire fiscal year without a full budget? It’s the only time in post-World War II history it’s happened in the country.
“Late budgets will have a new meaning after you guys are done,” said Arturo Perez, a fiscal analyst with the National Conference of State Legislatures who has researched past overdue budgets nationally.
So what did past budget delays here and elsewhere look like? And how did Illinois get to this point? Here’s a look.
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