Illinois just passed its biggest budget ever, surpassing $50 billion in state spending for the next fiscal year. Governor JB Pritzker touts the budget’s advantages for families, with funding in areas like education, the child services department, and the state’s first ever child tax credit.
But opponents of the budget say it’s excessive, critique its provisions for migrants new to the state, and disapprove of the expensive revenue measure needed to fund it.
Reset learns more about the budget specifics and what residents need to know.
GUESTS: Mawa Iqbal, WBEZ statehouse reporter
Mitch Armentrout, Chicago Sun-Times politics reporter