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Senate Democrats on Sunday night called the state's budget “fair” and a “statement of our priorities.” Republicans called it "another example of a long list of misplaced priorities."
Topping Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s legislative agenda for the spring session was a health insurance reform package targeting so-called “junk plans” and step therapy.
While revenue sore spots were a focal point of many meetings among top Democrats, the governor’s office and stakeholders, it appears the governor is poised to get the revenue he had sought in his own budget proposal, with some concessions and some additions.
Under the new law, state House and Senate candidates must run in the primary to appear on the November general election ballot — a move leaving prospective candidates in the lurch, viewed as a power grab by the Democrat-led legislature.