Senator Syverson’s Week in Review: July 3 – 7
July 6, 2017
SPRINGFIELD, IL – The state’s two-year budget impasse came to a temporary end this week as the General Assembly, despite vetoes by Gov. Bruce Rauner and objections by a majority of Republican legislators, passed a budget that contained a permanent 32 percent income tax increase, while failing to incorporate any meaningful government reforms. Senate Republicans are standing firm in their