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Illinois needs to rely on the right voices to get its financial house in order
David Greising highlights Susana Mendoza’s push for fiscal discipline, urging strategic use of state surpluses and federal relief to stabilize Illinois.
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Comptroller asks for upgrade to Illinois’ worst-in-nation credit
Mendoza urges credit agencies to upgrade Illinois’ rating, citing early debt repayment, fiscal progress, and taxpayer savings.
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Illinois Comptroller Urges Credit Upgrades in Letter to Rating Firms
Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza is urging the top three credit rating firms to again bump up her state because of its mounting fiscal improvements that already led to its first upgrades in two decades last year.
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Comptroller says proposed budget could lead state to another credit upgrade
Comptroller Susana Mendoza said she expects the state’s credit rating to improve and the remaining bill backlog reduced under Gov. JB Pritzker’s $45.4 billion proposed budget.
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Mendoza touts $82 million in savings through early COVID-19 loan payoff
— Chicago Sun-Times | Avery, T. — View the article. One of two loans from the U.S. Federal Reserve to the state for pandemic expenses, the $2 billion was granted in December of 2020. Roughly $1.8 billion was used on Illinois’ Medicaid bills, and the remaining $200 million was put towards health insurance for state…
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Mendoza announces that Illinois has paid off $2 billion COVID loan
— Now Decatur | Hadden, D. — View the article. Two years ahead of schedule, Illinois Comptroller Susana A. Mendoza has made the final $302 million payment on a $2 billion loan the state took out in 2020 to cover COVID-19 expenses. It’s estimated the early pay-back of the loan will save Illinois taxpayers $82…
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Feeling ’22
— POLITICO Illinois Playbook | Shia Kapos — Familiar name on Mendoza’s team: Comptroller Susana Mendoza has tapped Springfield native Jack Londrigan to manage her 2022 re-election campaign. He starts today. “I first took note of him in Urbana-Champaign when he was outreach director for the University of Illinois College Democrats. Since then, he has been…
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Illinois Receives 1st S&P Bond Rating Upgrade in Nearly 25 Years
— NBC Chicago News | NBC Staff — View the article. A little more than a week after Illinois’ credit rating was upgraded by Moody’s for the first time in more than two decades, S&P Global Ratings has now followed suit, upgrading the state’s rating for the first time in nearly 25 years. According to…
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Illinois bond rating upgraded for first time in 20 years
— ABC News Channel 20 | WICS/WRSP Staff — View the article and watch the video. Moody’s has upgraded the state of Illinois’ bond rating for the first time in more than two decades. Governor JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, made the announcement on Tuesday during a press conference in Springfield. Gov. Pritzker said the state’s bond…
