State budget deadline comes — and goes — with no deal

State budget deadline comes — and goes — with no deal
State budget deadline comes — and goes — with no deal

State budget deadline comes — and goes — with no deal

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Wednesday is the deadline for the state to pass a budget and stave off a government shutdown that would affect services and state workers’ paychecks. Governor Rauner says a shutdown may be necessary to get reforms to set the state on a better fiscal path. Democratic leaders think the cuts are extreme and that it’s more important to ensure services. We have the latest from the Capitol and how both sides of the aisle and waging the budget battle. (Flickr/JanetandPhil)