Update from Illinois State Senator Tom Bennett – Ford County Chronicle

"As of the time of this writing, the State of Illinois owes $1,230,775,842.45 to  state vendors, including 16,827 pending vouchers...It does not include debts that can only be estimated, such as our unfunded pension liability which is subject to a wide range of factors and has been estimated to be more than $139 billion. At the same time last year, the state’s accounts payable stood at a little less than $2 billion."