Foggy crystal ball leads to 21 years of Illinois budget deficits – lllinois Policy

Illinois state revenue estimates are routinely wrong: 19 of the past 26 estimates have been off, some by billions. Worse, the Illinois General Assembly has not even officially adopted a revenue estimate since 2014. This leaves the public in the dark about assumptions lawmakers use when crafting the budget, and makes it nearly impossible to hold Springfield accountable for statutory and constitutional requirements to balance the budget.