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Republicans push through fast track budget ending session early
Springfield reports the Republican led General Assembly finished a 1996 budget with a $33 billion pace and adjourned for summer five days ahead of the new deadline. Democrats decried the process as a total budget shutout while praising the gains for education and local projects in the South Suburbs. The piece notes tax changes, hospital tax cuts, airport and riverboat legislation, and lingering fights over Peotone expansion and O’Hare control.
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