With no end to the state budget impasse in sight, Senate President John Cullerton is asking the Governor to start over and submit a new spending plan. Cullerton says the Democrat’s budget is dead, and so is Governor Bruce Rauner’s original plan—so a new proposal is in order. Rauner has insisted that reforms to Worker’s Compensation and a property tax freeze be a part of the final deal—but Cullerton disagrees.
The Governor says Democrats are only interested in raising taxes, not passing true reform that will get Illinois back on track.