Our View: Not the time for Ill. leaders to play favorites
The state’s effort to bring its budget under control has led to deep and painful cuts for many agencies that rely on the state for funding.
Schools, social service agencies and businesses alike have been affected by cuts in state aid and the state’s multibillion-dollar backlog in unpaid bills.
Then there are the fortunate ones – those agencies dear to the hearts of key Democratic legislators whose votes were needed to pass the state’s new budget without any Republican support.
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