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Springfield, IL – A complete and constitutional budget remains elusive more than two weeks beyond the start of the state’s new budget year on July 1. State Sen. Dave Syverson said it’s disappointing, considering it’s been six months since Gov. Bruce Rauner delivered the annual budget message Feb. 18. Finding a solution to the impasse was further complicated after the

“We’re now more than two weeks into Fiscal Year 2016 with no balanced budget or pro-job reforms,” said State Sen. Dave Syverson (R-Rockford). “So instead of taking up a plan for a balanced budget, as required by the constitution, Democrat leaders instead rammed through a smaller piece of their unbalanced budget and then worked to override the Governor’s vetoes on

SPRINGFIELD, IL – The battle over the state budget continued this week as House lawmakers returned to the Capitol. House Speaker Michael Madigan and Democrats in his chamber muscled through an unbalanced and unconstitutional one-month budget, though they still refuse to work with Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislative Republicans on pro-jobs economic reforms that the Governor says must be part

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ budget standoff continued this week as the new fiscal year began without a state spending plan in place. Despite Republicans’ calls for open, bipartisan negotiations, Democrat leaders have continued to drag their feet, refusing to compromise on a permanent budget solution and instead pushing an unbalanced one-month budget through the Senate. While things may look grim, Senator

Senate Democrats rammed through another constitutionally unbalanced budget bill, while still refusing to work on needed reforms or a truly balanced budget plan, according to State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford). “Democrat leaders tried to frame this as a temporary, one-month budget, but that simply isn’t the case,” said Senator Syverson. “The citizens of Illinois need a real budget and fundamental

SPRINGFIELD, IL – Illinois is less than a week from the beginning of the next fiscal year with no notable progress made on a balanced budget, despite lawmakers convening a one-day session in the Capital City, according to State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford). The Senate held another Committee of the Whole meeting on June 23, this time on the topics

State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) released the following statement following Governor Rauner’s veto of budget bills: “The budget that was finally sent to the Governor (three weeks past the deadline) had no Republican votes and is considered to be the most unbalanced budget ever passed in Illinois. The Democrat budget spends nearly $4 billion more than projected revenue, even though Illinois’ constitution

SPRINGFIELD, IL – The Chicago Blackhawks won their third Stanley Cup in six years and a Springfield, Illinois native was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player, but these memorable sports milestones were the only cause for celebration in Illinois this week, which yielded little progress on the Land of Lincoln’s budget gridlock, according to State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford).

Springfield, Ill.—Illinois government remains a creature of habit as legislative Democrats embrace the status quo, refusing to discuss job-creating, economy-boosting reforms as part of the state’s budget talks, and instead focusing on tax increases as a way to balance the state budget, according to State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford). As a result, political gridlock continues to block reforms proposed by

Springfield, Ill. – With the Illinois Legislature in the first week of a rare overtime summer session, State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford) continues to work to address the major problems facing Illinois, including high property taxes; a dismal jobs climate; and a $6.1 billion budget deficit, the largest of any state. After a tense final week of May, the ball