State Week: A status check on Illinois budget talks
From State Week by Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III
May 8, 2026 · 29 min
About this episode
The episode discusses the status of budget talks in Illinois as lawmakers approach the end of their session.
Lawmakers are scheduled to wrap up their session by May 31.
People in this episode
Hosts: Sean Crawford, Charles N. Wheeler III
Topics covered
- Illinois budget
- lawmakers
- government session
- budget talks
- politics
Keywords
- Illinois
- budget talks
- lawmakers
- government
- session
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Illinois
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