Lawmakers from both parties said that the General Assembly should have some say in how the state spends the $7.5 billion in federal funds that Illinois expects to receive from
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Democratic state officials in Illinois applauded the final passage Wednesday of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion federal relief package, which includes billions of dollars in aid to cash-strapped state and