Listeners:
Top listeners:
play_arrow
Revolution Radio Your home for the best variety of Christian music
play_arrow
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
play_arrow
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network (Abovecast Backup) Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
play_arrow
Home For The Holidays Radio
play_arrow
719a Rocky Mountaineer; Gulf Islands BC; Global Perspective; Piecing Together America Rick Steves

SPRINGFIELD — Democrats passed on bipartisanship and pushed another tax-heavy budget before the spring legislative session ended with no agreement, Sen. Karen McConnaughay (R-St. Charles) said in a statement recently.
“To say I’m disappointed is an understatement,” she said, according to the press release. “It’s devastating that, once again, the General Assembly is adjourning without passing a balanced budget with structural reforms. Even though Senate Republicans made many attempts to work in a bipartisan fashion across the aisle, we found our colleagues unwilling to compromise.”
McConnaughay said that will both sides negotiated in a way that would have offered property tax relief, spending cuts and workers’ compensation reform, in the end Senate Democrats passed a partisan budget bill that floundered in the House.
According to a Reuters report, the General Assembly will continue in a special session to work on a deal before the next fiscal year begins on July 1.
“This budget crisis has a resounded impact throughout Illinois – human service providers, schools, employers, residents, and many more,” McConnaughay said in her statement. “Members of both sides have to continue our work and come back to the table in good faith, with viable solutions that the Governor will sign into law. As the true optimist I am, I believe we can do it and finally bring this budget impasse to an end.”
Jake Leonard, a broadcast media and journalism veteran, is the editor-in-chief of Heartland Newsfeed. Leonard is also GM and program director of Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network, wrestling editor and contributing writer for Ambush Sports, a contributing writer for My Sports Vote and Midwest Sports Network, and a former contributor to Bleacher Report and Overtime Heroics. He resides at home in Nokomis, Ill. with his dog Buster.
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Written by: Jake Leonard, Editor-In-Chief
compromise cost Cutting Dems gave McConnaughay says
Heartland Media Group of Central Illinois & Eastern Missouri
107 W. State Street PO Box 149
Nokomis, IL 62075
Tel: (866) 420-7790
Newsletter Signup
Download Our App
Submit News
Contact Us
Heartland Newsfeed Radio Network
Revolution Radio
Home For The Holidays Radio
Deadlines
News and sports submissions: 11 p.m. Central
Advertising, legals, obituaries: 5 p.m. Central
Publication times
Late breaking news as it happens
Normal publication: 11 p.m. Central daily
Other news: Published as it’s made available
Post comments (0)