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State’s unpaid bill backlog shrinks to $3.5 billion — and in Illinois, that’s called ‘remarkable’
— Chicago Sun-Times | Hinton, R. — The drop in the backlog — which, at its highest point, stood at $16.7 billion in 2017 — means Illinois can pay its bills as they come in and moves closer to paying off its debts within a normal 30-day cycle. Illinois’ backlog of unpaid bills is down…
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The clock is ticking at last on paycheck shenanigans in Springfield
— Chicago Tribune | Eric Zorn — Listen to this article. State Comptroller Susana Mendoza said the needle on her shenanigans detector jumped dramatically shortly after the resignation of state Sen. Martin Sandoval in late November 2019. The Southwest Side senator, who died a little more than a year later of COVID-19, was at the…
