{"id":2252748,"date":"2024-05-25T12:25:05","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T16:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-legislators-file-annual-spending-plan-day-they-scheduled-to-adjourn\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T12:31:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T16:31:13","slug":"illinois-legislators-file-annual-spending-plan-day-they-scheduled-to-adjourn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-legislators-file-annual-spending-plan-day-they-scheduled-to-adjourn\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois lawmakers propose yearly budget on planned adjournment day"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fillinois-legislators-file-annual-spending-plan-day-they-scheduled-to-adjourn%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2252748&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Illinois taxpayers \u2063are gaining insight into the state legislators&#8217;\u2062 spending plans for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-orders-l-a-to-offer-housing-to-homeless-population-on-skid-row-says-city-and-county-created-a-legacy-of-entrenched-structural-racism\/\" title=\"Judge Orders L.A. To Offer Housing To Homeless Population On Skid Row, Says City And County \u2018Created A Legacy Of Entrenched Structural Racism\u2019\">upcoming fiscal year<\/a>. A 3,374-page amendment to Senate Bill\u200d 251 was filed \u2063in\u200c the Senate,\u200d despite the adjournment day nearing \u200dbefore the Memorial Day weekend. Transparency in the budgeting process has improved, with a focus on education funding and proposed tax\u2064 increases\u2062 nearing $1 billion. Illinois taxpayers\u200b are\u2064 getting a \u2063glimpse into the state legislators&#8217;\u2064 fiscal plans for the upcoming \u200dyear. Despite the adjournment day approaching, \u200ca comprehensive 3,374-page amendment\u200c to Senate Bill \u200b251 was submitted. The \u200cbudgeting\u2062 process shows enhanced \u2063transparency, emphasizing education funding, and nearing proposed \u200btax hikes \u200cof almost $1 billion.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>(The Center Square) \u2013 Illinois taxpayers are getting a bit more detail on how state legislators plan to spend their money for the coming fiscal year. <\/p>\n<p>Late Friday, a 3,374 page amendment to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/103\/SB\/PDF\/10300SB0251sam001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Senate Bill 251<\/strong><\/a> was filed in the Senate. Despite the measure coming on the day legislators scheduled for adjournment before the Memorial Day holiday weekend, state Rep. Lindsey LaPointe, D-Chicago, said the process has been transparent. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019d say that the budget process has improved a lot in the last few years and every year it gets more transparent,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<p>LaPointe said she understands it\u2019s a maintenance budget year with less revenue than anticipated, but she\u2019s pushing to get $13 million in the budget for mental health interdiction in higher education. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s expected the budget mostly aligns with the $52.7 billion spending plan Gov. J.B. Pritzker proposed in February. <\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, said one of her priorities is funding education.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou asked are the taxpayers getting a good deal,\u201d Stuart said. \u201cWe\u2019re investing in our students. We invest in our students starting in preschool. We invest in our students all the way through their K-12 and we should continue to invest in them in that higher education space.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Total spending on K-12 and higher education could take up a quarter of the budget. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also expected the final deal to be approved over the weekend will include many of the governor\u2019s proposed tax increases approaching $1 billion. In addition to the around $200 million from increased taxes on sports betting companies, more than $500 million in revenue from business operating loss deduction changes and $101 million in the retailers discount for collecting sales taxes, there could be an additional $25 million in tax increases on companies that re-rent large blocks of rooms in the state. <\/p>\n<p>Illinois state Reps. Lindsey LaPointe, D-Chicago, and Katie Stuart, D-Edwardsville, discuss budget priorities as Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, expresses displeasure. State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, discusses bond authority before getting details on planned construction projects.BlueRoomStream, Catrina Petersen | The Center Square<\/p>\n<p>After leaving a meeting of the four legislative leaders Friday, Senate Minority Leader John Curran, R-Downers Grove, said there wasn\u2019t much in the budget he liked, including the continued increased spending.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the lack of control on spending so the federal dollars have largely stopped and [the Democratic supermajority] have shown they are unable to adjust to that,\u201d Curran said. <\/p>\n<p>Illinois\u2019 annual budget has increased from $36.4 billion in fiscal year 2019 to more than $52 billion in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-creating-new-childhood-state-agency-at-unknown-costs-ready-for-pritzker\/\" title=\"Bill proposes new state childhood agency for Pritzker with undisclosed expenses\">proposed fiscal year 2025 budget<\/a> that begins July 1. <\/p>\n<p>Separately, in the House Executive Committee Friday, state Rep. Jay Hoffman, D-Swansea, presented some of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tesla-raises-spending-plan-discloses-new-subpoena-on-musks-2018-tweet\/\" title=\"Tesla raises spending plan, discloses new subpoena on Musk\u2019s 2018 tweet\">capital spending plan<\/a>, including billions of additional bonding authority for construction projects across the state. <\/p>\n<p>State Rep. Ryan Spain, R-Peoria, said the budget making seems to be backwards. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause we\u2019re trying to understand what we\u2019re paying for and have not seen a budget to be able to arrive at that understanding,\u201d Spain said. <\/p>\n<p>Hoffman laid out a slew of capital spending projects in the annual bond authorization bill with amendments to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/billstatus.asp?DocNum=3422&#038;GAID=17&#038;GA=103&#038;DocTypeID=SB&#038;LegID=153005&#038;SessionID=112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Senate Bill 3422<\/strong><\/a>. The bill includes an additional $8 billion in additional debt authority. Among the projects included are $900 million for the Illinois Department of Corrections to tear down and build two new prison facilities and $500 million for Pritzker\u2019s quantum computing initiative. <\/p>\n<p>Legislators are expected to return Saturday. The budget could be finalized in the early morning hours Sunday, but it\u2019s possible they could come back early next week. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illinois taxpayers receive more spending insights as legislators submit a 3,374-page amendment to Senate Bill 251 on the adjournment day, offering a glimpse into the upcoming fiscal year&#8217;s budget plans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2252749,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23293582244211-2-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2252748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP23293582244211-2-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2252748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2252748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2252749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2252748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2252748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2252748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}