THEATER TALK TO THE OWNERS ABOUT ITS NEW LANDMARK STATUS.

>> IT'S A LAST MINUTE RUSH OF ACTIVITY IN SPRINGFIELD WHERE STATE WHERE STATE LAWMAKERS ARE SCHEDULED TO ADJOURN TOMORROW.

BUT WILL THEY MAKE THEIR DEADLINE?

WDW NEWS REPORTER AMANDA, NIKKEI JOINS US NOW WITH ANSWERS.

AMANDA, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US NOW.

FIRST QUESTION, WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THE BUDGET?

WILL THEY BE DONE BY TOMORROW?

>> JOANNA?

NO, BECAUSE WHEN YOU BUDGET, I SAY WHAT BUDGET ON HIS TOP YET, DESPITE THAT, PLANNED TO BE ADJOURNED BY TOMORROW, WHICH MEANS THAT, YES, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IS GOING TO BE GOING DEAL.

THIS WAS SORT OF ARBITRARY DEADLINE THAT THEY HAD SET FOR THEMSELVES IN.

SO WE'RE EXPECTING A WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF WEEKEND ACTIVITY BEFORE THAT BUDGET IS FINALIZED AND IT IS LIKELY GOING TO BE SHAPING UP TO BE PRETTY CLOSE TO GOVERNOR JB PRITZKER HAVE PROPOSED EARLY THIS AND WHAT WOULD YOU SAY?

THE SO THE WHOLE ARE IN PART AND JUST HOW MUCH IS GOING TO GO TO WHAT PROGRAM AS A GENERAL CONSENSUS ABOUT WHAT TO FUND EXCEPT FOR THE PROBLEM IS AND I KNOW YOU'LL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THIS SOME FOLKS EARLY THERE'S JUST SO MANY MORE NEEDS, AN ADVOCATE THAT ARE CALLING FOR ADDITIONAL DOLLARS PROGRAMS THAT PROBABLY BE SUPPORTED BY A LOT OF US.

THERE MONEY FOR IT.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAN YOU TALK ABOUT AS WELL.

WHEN YOU HAVE COVID WILL GRANT EXPIRING IN SUCH ILLINOIS IN ORDER TO FUND THE PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY HAS TO PUT IN EVEN MORE DOLLARS.

SO THE GOVERNOR HAS PROPOSED A REVENUE PACKAGE THAT WOULD BRING MORE MONEY STATE COFFERS.

AND THERE'S SOME PUSHBACK ON THOSE.

SO, FOR EXAMPLE, RETAILERS ARE NOT PARTICULARLY FOND OF A MEASURE THAT'S GOING TO COST THEM MONEY.

THEN YOU HAVE A TAX THAT WE GO FOLKS TOO, ARE REALLY INTO THIS.

A POPULAR BETTING ON SPORTS FROM THEIR PHONES DIGITALLY IN THERE IS A DEBATE OVER HOW MUCH TO RAISE THE TAXES ON THAT.

AND SOME ACTUALLY INTERESTING PROPOSALS HAS BEEN COMING UP.

THAT WOULD MAYBE BRING IN NEW FORMS ONLINE FOR EXAMPLE.

SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ELEMENTS THAT ARE STILL BEING DISCUSSED FINALLY AS WELL, JUST HOW MUCH MONEY IS GOING TO BE SENT TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.

THERE'S THAT ELIMINATION OF THE GROCERY SALES TAX THAT WOULD BE A HIT TO LOCAL BUDGETS.

AND LEGISLATORS ARE TALKING ABOUT SOME WAYS TO MAYBE MAKE UP THAT >> AND A HOT TOPIC, THE CPS, CPS CTU MADE A BIG PUBLIC PUSH FOR MORE MONEY FOR EDUCATION.

WILL THEY AND MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON GET WHAT THEY WANT?

YEAH.

THERE'S THAT BIG PUSH FOR A BILLION DOLLARS WHICH CPS AND CTU TONE DOWN AND SAID THAT THEY WANTED IT WORK UP TO THAT BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT'S HOW MUCH.

>> THIS STATE OWES.

THE DISTRICT WERE KNOW.

THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE GETTING THEIR OBEY.

BEEN TOLD BY LEGISLATORS WHO ARE IN THESE BUDGET TALKS THAT THE 350 MILLION DOLLARS THAT PRITZKER PROPOSED IN BUDGET IS HOW MUCH IS GOING TO BE PUT TOWARD THAT EVIDENCE BASED FUNDING FORMULA THAT REALLY JUST FUNDS PUBLIC SCHOOLS SO THAT THE BIG FUNDING AREA FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, LEGISLATORS SAY, YOU KNOW, DON'T JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT TUNNEL MONEY THAT IS BEING PUT TOWARD EDUCATION, BE IT EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION.

WE'RE TECHNICAL PROGRAM FUNDING.

WHAT HAVE YOU?

BUT THAT THAT FOR ME OF THE BULK OF THE FUNDING.

HERE'S IS NOT GOING TO BE INCREASED LIKE JOHNSON ALLIES.

THERE HAD BEEN FOR AND YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING COMING.

THANK.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE BEEN REPORTING ON A COUPLE OF LAST-MINUTE BILLS THAT WOULD IMPACT CANNABIS AND HEMP CELLS.

WHAT THEY DO.

>> OK, THESE ARE 2 REALLY BIG BILLS THAT HAVE JUST POPPED.

AND SO WOULD BRING FOR EXAMPLE.

>> YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO GET CURBSIDE PICKUP FOR CANNABIS.

YOU HAVE TO ORDER IT ADVANCE YOU COULD ALSO PERHAPS GO THROUGH A DRIVE-THRU THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN ILLINOIS.

ALSO, RIGHT NOW, THERE'S LITTLE FACES FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENTS.

THE CAN GET THAT INSTEAD THIS ANY CANNABIS DISPENSARY IN THE CANNABIS DISPENSARIES ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING ALL PRODUCTS THAT HAVE INTOXICATING SO RIGHT NOW YOU SEE GAS STATIONS FOR THEIR I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS A STORE THAT SELLS PRODUCTS THC BEVERAGES AND DESSERTS AND THAT WOULD NO LONGER BE PERMITTED.

ANY THAT HAS WHAT WILLINGLY WITH DECLARED INTOXICATING AMOUNT OF HEMP FOR CBD WOULD HAVE TO BE SOLD DISPENSARIES.

IT'S OTHER PLACES AND THE KITS WITH CHANGE FAITH THAT ILLINOIS PUT A LOT INTO TRYING TO BUILD UP, YOU KNOW, ENTREPRENEURS OF COLOR IN PARTICULAR AND SOCIAL EQUITY, WHEN IT LEGALIZED CANNABIS.

AND THAT IS BEING UNDERMINED BY ALL OF THIS HEMP PROGRAM.

THANK YOU.

BY THE WAY, PRODUCERS NOT THEY'RE NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

>> I CAN ASSUME THAT WILL.

THANK YOU, AMANDA.

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