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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - Gov. Pat Quinn presented lawmakers with a budget proposal Wednesday that would increase state spending overall while skimping on human services and borrowing billions of dollars to pay old bills.
Among the spending cuts - just a month after Quinn approved a major income tax increase - are programs helping the elderly buy medicine, payments for medical services to the poor and money to hire new state troopers.See the full content of this document
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Quinn's Budget Skimps On Human Services
The Democrat described his plan as a frugal, even painful, step toward getting
Illinois out of its cavernous budge...See the full content of this document
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