(Chicago Tribune) — When lawmakers sped out of Springfield this weekend without a budget, it provided yet another high-profile symbol of a dysfunctional state government paralyzed by election-year politics.
Democrats who control the Capitol had to call a time-out, unable to hold together long enough to pass even a spending plan that would put off the most painful decisions until next year.
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