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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — With about three weeks to go before the Illinois General Assembly is scheduled to adjourn its spring legislative session, supermajority Democrats showed their strength this week as
Illinois state revenues grew in March, with the $413 million increase from the same month a year ago marking the second-straight impressive monthly increase.
The Illinois legislature’s revenue estimate closely mirrors the governor’s spending plan.
The state’s two main fiscal forecasting agencies agree: Illinois’ finances will see a strong close in the final 3 1/2 months of the fiscal year before things tighten a bit
The general nationwide fear of recession also is subsiding, officials noted.