Ahead of Budget Address, A Look at Fiscal Pressures Facing Illinois – WTTW (Chicago)

“Even if the federal government comes forward under the best case scenario right now of $7.5 billion in new revenue support for the state of Illinois as part of the new (president Joe) Biden and new federal Congress relief package, it’s short-term money. It’s going to be spent and then there is going to be again a structural hole,” said Laurence Msall, the head of the nonpartisan Civic Federation.