The state’s budget is expected to appropriate around $42 billion in state funds – WJOL (Joliet)

State Rep. Tom Demmer said there’s more revenue than expected, so the governor and Democrats need to drop the motion to do away with a slew of tax credits. “Several of them were bipartisan negotiated products that the House Democrats voted for, the governor himself signed into law and touted the benefits of. These are tools to make Illinois more competitive.”