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The great state budget con

MAY 20, 2021 | by Editorial | THE WALL STREET JOURNAL

Editorial, includes “Most states and localities were already prospering financially before Democrats handed them $350 billion in direct aid plus $129 billion for schools and tens of billions more for Medicaid, colleges and public transit, among other things, in March. … Illinois has two more months in its fiscal year, but its general fund revenues have already exceeded the total for each of its prior two fiscal years. Gov. J.B. Pritzker nonetheless continues to claim budget woes as an excuse to cut the state’s scholarship tax-credit program that helps low-income students attend private schools.”

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