Illinois budget approved

Illinois budget approved

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Coronavirus restrictions in illinois will be loosened later this week... and state leaders have approved an approximately 40-billion-dollar state budget.

Governor j-b pritzker made the announcement at a special press conference this afternoon.

The new budget largely maintains current spending.

It also includes plans to push forward with a chicago casino.

Lawmakers say the state will have under 37-billion dollars in revenue... and this is in part because 1-million illinoians are out of work due to the pandemic.

That's why lawmakers are looking to washington to help fill the hole in the budget.

The new spending plan includes up to 5-billion dollars in loans from a federal reserve program designed to help during the pandemic.

Pritzker says state leaders