Senator Syverson’s Week in Review: Feb. 15 – 19
February 19, 2016
Governor Bruce Rauner used his annual budget address to extend an olive branch to legislative leaders, offering two paths to achieve a balanced state budget. Though the Governor underscored his preference would be to work across party lines on a budget compromise, Governor Rauner said he is ready to unilaterally make the deeper cuts needed to balance the budget if