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In Illinois’ Ongoing Budget Crisis, She’s the Woman Deciding Who Gets Paid
— Governing Magazine | Vock, D. — Susana Mendoza knew she was walking into a tough job well before she ever assumed office as the comptroller of Illinois in December 2016. She attended a conference of state treasurers, auditors and comptrollers as a candidate, and, as soon as she told other attendees she came from Illinois,…
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Editorial: Legislature should override Debt Transparency Act veto
— Herald-Whig | Editorial Board — View the article. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza has the unenviable task of determining which bills the state can pay. Going more than two years without a budget, when spending continued to outpace revenue, escalated a backlog of unpaid bills that last week reached $14.7 billion. Of course, that’s only…
