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The Illinois Senate was poised for a vote late Thursday on a $50.6 billion state spending plan that was an altered version of what Gov. J.B. Pritzker and the state legislature’s Democratic leaders presented as a done deal a day earlier.
Negotiations over the Illinois budget continued in the final stretch of the -extended spring session after top Democrats announced a deal Wednesday.
The agreement included a summary of top-line spending in fiscal responsibility, education, fighting poverty, health and human services and economic development.
Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic leaders announced Wednesday they’ve agreed to a framework for next year’s roughly $50 billion state spending plan, even as negotiations continued in the final stretch of lawmakers’ already-extended spring legislative session.
The Illinois State Senate has approved a $50 billion budget, which now heads to the State House.