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The Center Square: Increased spending, growing demands, fund transfers part of Illinois’ budget process
After Tuesday’s Democrat and Republican primary elections, Illinois legislators return to Springfield to continue crafting a plan to spend tens of billions of tax dollars.
The total budget could be $123.2 billion with most coming from federal taxpayer funds. Gov. J.B. Pritzker looks to spend $52.7 billion of state taxpayer money for the next fiscal year. Officials from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget met with legislators recently and fielded questions about a billion dollars in proposed tax increases.
The Chicago Tribune: Election Day in Illinois: What to know about Tuesday’s primary
The presidential nominations of Democratic incumbent Joe Biden and Republican challenger Donald Trump are already certain. So Tuesday’s primary Election Day in Illinois is focused on several down-ballot races as many are expecting a lower voter turnout than years when the presidential races were more competitive.
Here’s what to know about the Illinois primary, including the Bring Chicago Home referendum. For more news, sign up for our politics newsletter.
Chicago Sun-Times: Chicago slowly starts evicting migrants from shelters
Of the nearly three dozen migrants expected to be evicted from shelters Sunday as the city began enforcing Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration’s 60-day shelter stay rule, just three were removed.
The city confirmed Sunday afternoon that the remaining 31 migrants were given extensions; 27 because they are still in the process of applying for public benefits and four due to pregnancy or disability.
The Daily Herald: School, library, sales tax requests to be decided in Tuesday’s election
Voters throughout the suburbs on will weigh in Tuesday on whether to build new schools, increase sales taxes, construct a new library and more.
The two biggest ballot measures, by dollars, are a proposal to build a new high school in Kane County and to repair and remodel four high schools in DuPage County.
State Journal-Register: Pritzker's new $900M plan would demolish, rebuild state prison near Springfield
Two state prisons, including the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln, would be demolished and rebuilt under a new plan unveiled by Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday.
A multi-year project, the $900 million proposal would be part of the upcoming fiscal year capital budget if approved by lawmakers. Also being targeted in the plan would be the Stateville Correctional Center in suburban Chicago, another prison state officials say has suffered from years of divestment and deferred maintenance.