WBGZ Radio 3/10/2021 | By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network From the $1.9 trillion spending plan the Senate passed, federal taxpayers are poised to send the state of Illinois $7.5 billion for the state budget. That’s not enough to cover the state’s bill backlog. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza said on social media Saturday she and Gov. J.B. Pritzker agreed that federal dollars the state is expected to get should be prioritized to pay back recently borrowed federal funds. The state has borrowed about $3 billion from federal programs during the pandemic and is slated to pay back the borrowing over several years.