BREAKING: Senate approves $53 billion budget, heads to House later this week
The Illinois Senate has voted along party lines to approve a $53 billion spending plan for the new fiscal year beginning July 1.
The vote, after days of wrangling that left supermajority Democrats blowing through their self-imposed Friday deadline, now heads to the House, which will likely be able to take the proposal up on Tuesday.
The Senate debated t…
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