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Newsradio WJPF Interview with Susana Mendoza [AUDIO]
— Newsradio WJPF | The Morning Newswatch — Listen to the interview. Listen to the interview: The Morning Watch (2021, November 18). NewsRadio WJPF Interview with Susana Mendoza. Newsradio WJPF. Retrieved from www.wjpf.com.
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Illinois Comptroller Calls For Fiscal Discipline To Maintain Reduced Bill Backlog [AUDIO]
— NPR Illinois | Cantu, D. — Listen to the interview. Illinois has reduced its bill backlog to just under $4 billion — a far cry from the nearly $17 billion high seen just after the state’s two-year budget impasse presided over by former Gov. Bruce Rauner. But the state’s top financial officer, Comptroller Susana…
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Editorial: Smaller backlog is welcome news
— Quad-City Times | Editorial Board — View the article. Remember, a few years back, when Illinois was regularly letting its bills stack up. Like a freeloader with big spending appetites —but without the income to match — the state was regularly letting the bills from social service agencies, health care facilities and myriad other…
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Editorial: Is Illinois no longer a deadbeat? Not exactly…
— Chicago Tribune | Editorial Board — Listen to the article. Good news has been all but nonexistent when it comes to the abysmal state of Illinois’ finances. The state’s pension shortfall stands at a hard-to-fathom $141 billion. Its bond rating continues to hover near junk status. And it was only a few years ago,…
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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…
