Illinois' unpaid bills reach record $14.3 billion

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS | Wed May 17, 2017 | 11:58am EDT

Illinois' unpaid bills reach record $14.3 billion

Illinois' unpaid bill backlog has hit a record high of $14.3 billion as the legislature nears a May 31 budget deadline, the state comptroller's office said on Wednesday.

The bill pile jumped from $13.3 billion after the governor's budget office this week reported more than $1 billion in liabilities held at state agencies, the comptroller said.

Illinois is limping toward the June 30 end of its second straight fiscal year without a complete budget due to an impasse between Republican Governor Bruce Rauner and Democrats who control the legislature.

“It’s clear the Rauner Administration has been holding bills at state agencies in an attempt to mask some of the damage caused by the governor’s failure to fulfill his constitutional duty and present a balanced budget," Comptroller Susana Mendoza, a Democrat, said in a statement, adding that the governor's office was keeping lawmakers in the dark about the true size of the backlog.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-illinois-budget-idUSKCN18D1T1

[lunasun]

1. Propaganda ads running everyday from Rauner . Starve people out until they demand that

Repubs get what they want
Deplorable

[murielm99]

2. Rauner the ruiner is to blame for this.

Republicans and Democrats have worked together in the past in this state. This is the first time a governor has held the state hostage to his demands.

This is just another example of why we should not elect businessmen to political and government positions. He bought he office anyway, with at least a couple years with of advertising. I hope they find a way to put him in jail soon. We do that with most of our Illinois' governors anyhow.