Editorial: Money, money everywhere in Springfield – Champaign News-Gazette*

"A state tax refund a few weeks before (Election Day) surely would be noted in candidate campaign mailers and commercials. But first, the state should focus on $1.8 billion owed to the federal government’s unemployment insurance trust fund. And legislators should agree to Pritzker’s plan to prepay $500 million of state pension debt, which will save taxpayers in the long run. Finally, they should adhere to the governor’s plan to replenish the state’s nonexistent rainy-day fund with at least $800 million."

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