Illinois Lawmakers
S32 E08: End of Scheduled Session Wrap-up
Season 32 Episode 8 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Illinois House adjourned without taking action on a new spending plan for the year.
Jak Tichenor talks with John Jackson, visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU Carbondale about the longest running budget crisis in U.S. history. Tichenor then talks with individual members of the four legislative caucuses about why the regular session ended in failure and what may happen next.
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Illinois Lawmakers is a local public television program presented by WTVP
Illinois Lawmakers
S32 E08: End of Scheduled Session Wrap-up
Season 32 Episode 8 | 26m 47sVideo has Closed Captions
Jak Tichenor talks with John Jackson, visiting professor at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at SIU Carbondale about the longest running budget crisis in U.S. history. Tichenor then talks with individual members of the four legislative caucuses about why the regular session ended in failure and what may happen next.
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